Question

Apple fruit is called pome because its pericarp is

• A. Absent
• B. Fleshy and differentiated
• C. Fleshy but not differentiated into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp
• D. Dry and dehiscent

Answer 1

The correct option is C Fleshy but not differentiated into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp

Apple is a type of simple succulent fruit in which the bulk of the edible fruit is made of modified thalamus (false fruit). It has a fleshy pericarp but is reduced and thus not well differentiated into its three layers which are epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. Thus it can be called a pome.

So, the correct answer is 'Fleshy but not differentiated into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp'.