Question

Coriander has a fruit named

• A. Follicle
• B. Cremocarp
• C. Caryopsis
• D. Carcerulus

Answer 1

The correct option is B Cremocarp

Coriander belongs to the family umbeliferae in the fruit is a dry, schizocarpic fruit with bicarpellary, inferior , syncarpous binocular and uniovulated ovary. It also has persistent style and stylopodium. It is called cremocarp.

Follicle is a dry capsular (dehiscent) type of fruit.

Caryopsis is an dry and indehiscent type of fruit.

Carcerulus is a schizocarpic fruit with multilocular syncarpous and superior ovary.

So, the correct answer is 'Cremocarp'.