Question

Drupe can be identified from a bunch of fruits by

• A. fleshy seed coat
• B. thin seed coat
• C. stony mesocarp
• D. stony endocarp

Answer 1

The correct option is D stony endocarp

A drupe is a simple succulent and indehiscent (which cannot open on its own naturally) fruit where the fruit wall or the pericarp has a thin tough outer epicarp, a fibrous or fleshy middle mesocarp and a hard stony inner endocarp as seen in the coconut shell.