Question

Pineapple fruit develops from

• A. Cluster of flowers borne compactly on a common axis
• B. Multilocular monocarpellary flower
• C. Unilocular polycarpellary flower
• D. Multipistillate syncarpous flower

Answer 1

The correct option is A Cluster of flowers borne compactly on a common axis

Pineapple is developed from cluster of compactly borne flowers from a common axis. When creating its fruit it usually produces upto 200 flowers. After the first fruit is produced side shoots are produced in the leaf axils of the main stem. The ovaries develop into berries which coalesce into large, compact multiple accessory fruit. The fruit of pineapple is arranged in two interlocking helices eight in one direction and thirteen in other.

So the correct answer is 'Cluster of flowers borne compactly on a common axis'.