Question

In which plant the fruit is a drupe, seed coat is thin embryo, is inconspicuous, and endosperm is edible?

• A. Groundnut
• B. Wheat
• C. Apple
• D. Coconut

Answer 1

The correct option is D Coconut

In coconut, the fruit is a drupe, a thin embryo is inconspicuous and endosperm is edible. The coconut is a drupe, a multicarpellary ovary is not found in coconut. The mesocarp is fibrous or dry, so this type of fruit is classified as a simple dry fruit, fibrous drupe. A drupe otherwise is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part-exocarp, or skin and mesocarp or flesh surrounds a shell of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits usually develop from a single carpel and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries. The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.