MCQ
Mark the incorrect statement.
- AMango is a true fruit.
- BBanana is a parthenocarpic fruit
- CAccesory fruit is also called as false fruit.
- DCoconut is a berry.
Explanation:
A true fruit or eucarp is a mature or ripened ovary, developed after fertilization, e.g., mango, maize, grape etc.
A false fruit or pseudocarp is derived from the floral parts other than ovary, e.g., peduncle in cashew-nut, thalamus in apple, pear, gourd and cucumber; fused perianth in mulberry and calyx in Dillenia.
Jackfruit and pineapple are also false fruits as they develop from the entire inflorescence.
False fruits are also called spurious or accessory fruits.
Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless fruits that are formed without fertilization, e.g., Banana.
Coconuts are classified as a fibrous one-seeded drupe.
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