Question

What is the edible part of orange?

• A. Unicelled placental hairs
• B. Unicelled endocarpic hairs
• C. Multicelled endocarpic hairs
• D. Multicelled placental hairs

Answer 1

The correct option is B Unicelled endocarpic hairs

A hesperidium is a modified berry with a tough, leathery rind. The peel contains volatile oil glands in pits. The fleshy interior is composed of separate sections, called as carpels, filled with fluid-filled vesicles that are actually specialized hair cells. The outer ovary wall becomes the thick spongy layer of the rind, while the inner ovary wall becomes very juicy with several seeds. Thus, orange is a hesperidium, in this fruit the endocarp projects inwards forming distinct chambers and epicarp and mesocarp fuse to form the separable part.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.