EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A syconium is formed by a fleshy hollow receptacle which is enlarged and is present in the multiple ovaries on the inside surface of the fruit and is a type of inflorescence which are borne by figs. It is a multiple and an accessory fruit due to its fleshy stem which is composed of several flowers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Example: Fig (Ficus carica). Syconus fruits are the type of multiple fruits developed from the hypanthium, a type of inflorescence. The Dorstenia and Ficus are the main examples of Syconus fruit. They are usually enlarged fleshy hollow receptacles with multiple ovaries within the inside surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is a composite fruit. The female flower produces the pips. Example: Dorstenia and ficus.

Detailed explanation-4: -That is, a fig is not actually a fruit; it is an inflorescence-a cluster of many flowers and seeds contained inside a bulbous stem. Because of this unusual arrangement, the seeds-technically the ovaries of the fig-require a specialized pollinator that is adapted to navigate within these confined quarters.

Detailed explanation-5: -A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence is called syconus and is characteristic of Ficus. In fig, Banyan etc. female flowers within the closed receptacle (which becomes fleshy) of the inflorescence develop into achenes giving rise to a multiple fruit of achenes.