Question

In mango, the pericarp is well differentiated into an outer _____ epicarp, a middle ______ mesocarp and an inner _____ endocarp.

• A. thin; fleshy; hard
• B. fleshy; hard; thin
• C. hard; fleshy; thin
• D. thin; hard; fleshy

Answer 1

The correct option is A thin; fleshy; hard

The fruit consists of a fruit wall or pericarp which can be dry or fleshy. When pericarp is thick and fleshy, it is differentiated into the outer epicarp, the middle mesocarp and the inner endocarp.
The type of fruit in mango is known as a drupe. It develops from monocarpellary superior ovary and is one seeded. The pericarp of mango is well differentiated into an outer thin epicarp, a middle fleshy edible mesocarp and an inner stony hard endocarp.