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Fleshy fruits with stony endocarp are called as
Fleshy fruits with stony endocarp are called as
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The correct option is D Drupes
A drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit, stone, or pyrene) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. These fruits usually develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries. The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower in an aggregate fruit composed of small, individual drupes (such as a berry), each individual is termed a drupelet and may together form a berry.
A drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit, stone, or pyrene) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. These fruits usually develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries. The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower in an aggregate fruit composed of small, individual drupes (such as a berry), each individual is termed a drupelet and may together form a berry.
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