Question

Which is correct pair for edible part?

• A. Tomato- cotyledons
• B. Mango- cotyledons
• C. Guava- mesocarp
• D. Date palm- pericarp

Answer 1

The correct option is D Date palm- pericarp

Pericarp is a thick fleshy layer with three distinct layers namely, the outermost pigmented exocarp, middle thicker and pulpy mesocarp and the inner most papery endocarp.
Tomato and guava have berry fruits in which pericarp is fleshy and thalamus and pericarp are edible.
Mango is a drupe fruit in which endocarp is hard and stony while mesocarp is fleshy and edible.
Date palm is a simple and true berry fruit in which pericarp is fleshy and epicarp and mesocarp are edible.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.