Question

The reason why the fruit of apple is said be false, is that:

• A. Its pericarp is inconspicuous.
• B. Its endocarp is cartilaginous.
• C. Its actual fruit is located within an edible, fleshy thalamus.
• D. It develops from an inferior ovary.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Its actual fruit is located within an edible, fleshy thalamus.

The reason why the fruit of apple is said be false is that its actual fruit is located within an edible, fleshy thalamus. A true fruit is ripened ovary which apple is not. Apple is a pome. A pome is an accessory fruit composed of one or more carpels surrounded by accessory tissue. The accessory tissue is interpreted by some specialists as an extension of the receptacle and is then referred to as fruit cortex and by others as a fused hypanthium or torus it is the most edible part of this fruit. The carpels of a pome are fused within the core.