Question

A capsular fruit dehisces through the loculi and exposes the column bearing seeds. The fruit is

• A. Legma
• B. Lomenlum
• C. Septifragal
• D. Sutural

Answer 1

The correct option is C Septifragal

A capsule is a type of simple, dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. A capsule is a structure composed of two or more carpels. In Angiosperms (flowering plants), the term locule is used to refer to a chamber within the fruit. Depending on the number of locules in the ovary, fruit can be classified as uni-locular (unilocular), bi-locular, tri-locular or multi-locular. The number of locules present in a gynoecium may be equal to or less than the number of carpels. The locules contain the ovules or seeds. In most cases the capsule is dehiscent, i.e. at maturity, it splits apart (dehisces) to release the seeds within.

Septifragal dehiscence is breaking from the partitions, the mode of dehiscence in which the backs of the carpels separate from the dissepiments, whether formed by their sides or by expansions of the placenta.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.