Fruits
Fruits: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Types of Fruit, False Fruit, Pericarp, Mesocarp, Endocarp, Composite Fruits, Edible Parts of Fruits, Syconus Fruit, Fruit, True Fruit, Parthenocarpic Fruit, Simple Fruits, Fleshy Fruits, Dry Fruits, etc.
Important Questions on Fruits
Which of the following is an example of true fruit?
Sorosis fruits have more than one seed vessels and flowers.
Name the plants that have sorosis fruits.
The white-gray husks of a sunflower "seed" are the walls of the cypsela fruit.
Cypsela is the characteristic feature of _____ family.
Betelnut is an example for caryopsis.
Caryopsis fruit is the characteristic of the _____family.
The mesocarps of dry indehiscent fruits become dry at maturity.
Follicles, legumes and capsules are the three major types of dry indehiscent fruits.
Mention the different types of dry indehiscent fruits.
Dry dehiscent fruits burst along the built-in line of weakness.
Some examples for dehiscent follicles are cotton, eucalyptus, horse chestnut.
Give some examples for dry dehiscent fruits.
Syconous fruit develops from hypanthodium inflorescence.
A syconus fruit is a _____ fruit that takes form from a hollow fleshy inflorescence stalk.
