Question

Many carpels are free and each carpel of apocarpous gynoecoum develops into a fruitler in

• A. Oryza sativa
• B. Acacia arabica
• C. Annona squamosa
• D. Vitis vinifera

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Annona squamosa

The gynoecium is the female reproductive part of a flower, consisting of one or more carpels.

If a gynoecium has a single carpel, it is called monocarpous. If a gynoecium has multiple, distinct (free, unfused) carpels, it is apocarpous. In some fruits, each carpel of an apocarpous pistil develops into a berry. During this development, the margins of the carpels may be fused (e.g., in Annona squamosa) or they may remain separate (e.g., in Artabotrys odoratissimus). In Annona squamosa, the mesocarp of berries is edible.

So, the answer is C.