Question
Why is apple called false fruit? Which part(s) of the flower forms fruit?
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Answer
When a fruit develops from ovary alongwith some other parts of flower, it is called false fruit. Apple is a false fruit as thalamus grows to form fleshy edible part of this fruit.
Fruit is the post fertilization product formed only from ovary in true fruit, some part of flower alongwith ovary in false fruit and without fertilization in parthenocarpic fruit.
Fruit is the post fertilization product formed only from ovary in true fruit, some part of flower alongwith ovary in false fruit and without fertilization in parthenocarpic fruit.
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