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Mango and coconut are 'drupe' type of fruits. In mango fleshy mesocarp is edible. What is the edible part of coconut? What does milk of tender coconut represent?

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The edible part of coconut is the endosperm. The milk of tender coconut is the part of the helobial form of endosperm, where some cells undergo free nuclear divisions while some form the cellular part.

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Mango and coconut are 'drupe' of fruits. In mango, fleshy mesocarp is edible part of coconut? What does milk of tender coconut represent?

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Q. Mango and care both drupes. The mesocarp of mango is edible, while it is not edible in coconut. Based on this fact, answer the following:
(i) Which part of the coconut is edible?
(ii) Why does the coconut have a fibrous mesocarp?
(iii) Can you mention any other use of the fibrous mesocarp?

Q. 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

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