Question

Most advanced fruit is

• A. Cypsela
• B. Caryipsis
• C. Pome
• D. Etaerio of drupe

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Cypsela

A. Cypsela fruit develops from an unilocular, single ovuled and inferior ovary of bicarpellary syncarpous gynoecium having basal placentation. It is the most advanced fruit.

B. Caryopsis is a single seeded fruit in which seed coat is fused with the ovary wall.

C. Pome fruit develops from the fleshy thalamus of syncarpous inferior ovary. It is a false fruit.

D. Etaerio of drupes are the groups of many small drupes developed from different carpels and arranged collectively on the fleshy thalamus.

So, the correct answer is 'Cypsela'.