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How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence?
Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry

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Two
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Three
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Four
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Five
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Solution

The correct option is B Three
Composite fruit develops from a whole inflorescence. Fig, pineapple and mulberry are composite fruits. The composite fruit is also called infructescence.

The simple fruits develop from the ovary of a single flower. Walnut is a simple fruit that has hard and woody epicarp and is hence called a nut. Poppy is a simple fruit that is called a capsule. Apple is a simple false fruit called pome. It arises from the thalamus of a flower and not its ovary. Tomato is simple fruit that has fleshy pericarp and is called a fleshy fruit.

Radish is a root that performs storage function.

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