Question

The receptacle (thalamus) contributes to the main edible part in fruits like

• A. Apple and fig
• B. Fig and pineapple
• C. Mango and guava
• D. Water melon and banana

Answer 1

The correct option is A Apple and fig

Ficus is a syconus fruits. Syconus is a fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence. A syconium is the hypanthodium inflorescence formed by an enlarged, fleshy, hollow receptacle with multiple ovaries on the inside surface.
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. So, in apple and fig receptacle is the main edible part.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.