Question

Apple fruit is false because

• A. Pericarp is cartilaginous
• B. Pericarp is inedible
• C. Actual fruit is surrounded by fleshy thalamus
• D. It develops from syncarpous ovary.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Actual fruit is surrounded by fleshy thalamus

Apple is a pome fruit in which the thalamus after fertilisation forms the edible bulk of the fruit and the pericarp is inside it, covering the seeds. As it develops from tissues except just the ovary, it is called a false fruit.

The correct answer is 'Actual fruit is surrounded by fleshy thalamus'