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The Fruit

Question

Read the following statements (I, ii, iii and iv) and select the right choice with respect to coconut.
i. The fruit is developed from inferior ovary.
ii. The middle fleshy mesocarp is edible.
iii. The fruit is known as a drupe.
iv. Endocarp is stony.

Easy

A

i, ii & iii are correct
B

Only ii is correct
C

iii & iv are correct
D

i & ii are correct

Solution

In mango and coconut, the fruit is known as a drupe. They develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries and are one seeded. In coconut which is also a drupe, the mesocarp is fibrous and endosperm is stony. The edible part of coconut is the endosperm.

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