Question

Give a reason for the following
The fig is called false fruit.

Answer 1

False fruit:

1. A fruit that develops from other parts of the plant other than the ovary is called false fruit.
2. The parts include exocarp, mesocarp and endocarp.

Fig is called false fruit:

1. A fig consists of a collection of small flowers or synconium.
2. It develops from the receptacle rather than the ovary of a flower and becomes fleshy when it matures.
3. Thus fig is called a false fruit.