Question

Pick the option in which the edible part, type of fruit, and example cited are incorrectly matched:

• A. Mesocarp – Drupe – Mango
• B. Endosperm – Drupe – Coconut
• C. Juicy testa – Pepo – Lemon
• D. Thalamus – Pome - Apple

Answer 1

The correct option is C Juicy testa – Pepo – Lemon

Juicy placental hairs are the edible part of lemon. Lemon is a hesperidium type of fruit. While, pepo is a fleshy, several-seeded fruit that has developed from one flower having a single ovary divided into several carpels, which develops a firm or tough rind as it matures such as a melon, squash, cucumber.

Apple is a type of pome fruit in which a simple, fleshy but false fruit as it is surrounded by a fleshy thalamus which is edible while actual fruit lies within. The fleshy thalamus is the edible part of apple.

Mango and coconut are 'drupe' type of fruits. A drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a single shell of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. The mesocarp (fleshy part) is the edible part of mango.

So, the correct answer is "option B"