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Why do some fruits have many whereas some have one seed?

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Number of seeds in a fruit depends on the number of ovules in an ovary before fertilisation. The fruits which have more seeds in them have more number ovules in the ovary of flowers such as watermelon and those with single seed have only single ovule in the ovary of flowers like mango.

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