How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence? Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry.
A
Four
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B
Five
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C
Two
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D
Three
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Solution
The correct option is D Three A composite or multiple fruit is a group of fruitlets which develop from the different flowers of an inflorescence. It is of two main types, sorosis (e.g., mulberry, pineapple, jack fruit) and syconus (e.g., peepal, banyan, fig, etc.)