Question

Cremocarp fruit of coriander is

• A. Fleshy fruit
• B. Schizocarp fruit
• C. Aggregate fruit
• D. Composite fruit

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Schizocarp fruit

Cremocarp is a type of dry schizocarpic fruit with persistent style and stylepodium typical of family Umbelliferae to which coriander belongs. It develops from a single ovary of a single flower as it is a simple fruit.

Aggregate fruits develop from a polycarpellary gynoecium.

Composite fruits develop from a complete inflorescence.

So, the correct answer is 'Schizocarp fruit'.