How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence ?

Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry

Four

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Five

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Two

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Three

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Solution

The correct option is D
Three

In the given list only three plants, i.e. fig, pineapple and mulberry are composite fruits.

$\begin{matrix} P l a n t & B o t a n i c a l N a m e & F r u i t s & I n f l o r e s c e n c e F i g & F i c u s c a r i c a & S y c o n u s & H y p a n t h o d i u m P i n e a p p l e & A n n a n a s s a t i v u s & S o r o s i s & S p i k e M u l b e r r y & M o r u s s p . & S o r o s i s & C a t k i n \end{matrix}$

Walnut, poppy, radish, apple, tomato are examples of drupe, capsule, lomentum, pome and berry respectively.

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