Question

Fruit of asteraceae is

• A. caryopsis
• B. cypsela
• C. berry
• D. achenes of drupes

Answer 1

The correct option is B cypsela

Cypsela is a type of achenial fruits. It is the characteristic of family asteraceae or compositae (sunflower family). Cypsela is also called inferior, false or pseudocarpic achene. The thin fruit wall (developed from pericarp and thalamus) is attached to the seed at one point but the fruit develops from an inferior, unilocular and unviovuled ovary, e.g., sunflower, marigold. Some cypselas develop pappus for dispersal, e.g., Sonchus, Taraxacum (dandelion).