Question

Select the correct statement with respect to fruits of mango and coconut.

• A. They have fleshy edible mesocarp
• B. They develop from monocarpellary inferior ovaries
• C. They have fibrous epicarp
• D. They develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries

Answer 1

The correct option is D They develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries

In mango and coconut, the fruit develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries and are one seeded. In mango, the pericarp is well differentiated into an outer thin epicarp, a middle fleshy edible mesocarp and an inner stony hard endocarp. In coconut, the mesocarp is fibrous.