Question

Dry fruit formed from bilocular superior ovary and dehiscing into two halves from base upwards is

• A. Legume
• B. Follicle
• C. Carcerulus
• D. Siliqua

Answer 1

The correct option is D Siliqua

Siliqua is a dry dehiscent type of fruit that bursts open from base to upwards into two halves. It has bilocular superior ovary.

Legume is a fruit developing from monocarpellary ovary, dehiscing along vental and dorsal sutures.

Follicle is similar to legumes except that it dehiscises from either ventral or dorsal suture.

Carcerulus is a schizocarpic fruit with a multilocular ovary.

So, the correct answer is 'Siliqua'