DENDROLOGY

DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY

MORPHOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A drupe develops in
A
wheat
B
pea
C
tomato
D
mango
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When a single fruit develops from a single ovary of a single flower, it is called a simple fruit. Drupe is a type of simple fruit in which the pericarp or fruit wall is differentiated into thin epicarp (skin) fleshy mesocarp and stony endocarp. Hence.it is also called as stone fruit, e.g., Mango.

Detailed explanation-2: -So what’s a drupe you ask? A drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a shell (what we sometimes call a pit) with a seed inside. Some examples of drupes are peaches, plums, and cherries-but walnuts, almonds, and pecans are also drupes.

Detailed explanation-3: -In mango and coconut, the fruit develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries and are one seeded. In mango, the pericarp is well differentiated into an outer thin epicarp, a middle fleshy edible mesocarp and an inner stony hard endocarp.

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