Question

Identify the correct features of mango and coconut fruits.
(i) In both fruit is a drupe
(ii) Endocarp is edible in both
(iii) Mesocarp in coconut is fibrous, and in mango it is fleshy
(iv) In both, fruit develops from monocarpellary ovary

Select the correct option from below:

• A. (i), (iii) and (iv) only
• B. (i), (ii) and (iii) only
• C. (i) and (iv) only
• D. (i) and (ii) only

Answer 1

The correct option is A (i), (iii) and (iv) only

The type of fruit in mango and coconut is drupe. (i is correct)

Drupe is a type of simple fleshy fruit that develops from the monocarpellary superior ovary and is one seeded. (iv is correct)

In mango, the pericarp (fruit wall) is fleshy and differentiated into an outer thin epicarp, a middle fleshy edible mesocarp and an inner stony hard endocarp.

In coconut, the epicarp is green, mesocarp is fibrous and the inner endocarp is stony and hard. Stony endocarp is the characteristic feature of drupe. The edible part in coconut is endosperm.

(iii is correct)

The endocarp is not edible in both coconut and mango.
(ii is incorrect)