Question

In fleshy fruits, the pericarp is__________.

• A. absent
• B. undifferentiated
• C. differentiated into three layers
• D. differentiated into five layers

Answer 1

The correct option is C differentiated into three layers

The ovary of the flowering plants transforms into fruit after fertilisation. The wall of the ovary develops into the wall of the fruit (pericarp).
In fleshy fruits, pericarp is differentiated into an outer epicarp, middle mesocarp and an inner endocarp.