Question

A fruit in which endocarp projects to form chambers while epicarp and mesocarp form separable part is

• A. Hesperidium
• B. Fibrous Berry
• C. Pepo
• D. Amphisarca

Answer 1

The correct option is A Hesperidium

Hesperidium is a type of berry in which the epicarp and mesocarp fuse and form a leathery covering which can be removed and the endosperm forms the fibrous septa.

Fibrous berry is one in which the endosperm forms fibrous edible parts.

Pepo is also a modified berry in which the exocarp is hard and the mesocarp is edible. The endocarp forms a bed for several seeds embedded in them.

Amphisarca is berry with a woody epicarp and pulpy mesocarp and endocarp. The testa of seed is muclilagenous. So, the correct answer is 'Hesperidium'