Question

Pomegranate is which type of fruit.

• A. Balausta
• B. Pepo
• C. Fibrous berry
• D. Amphisarca

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Fibrous berry

The correct option is C.

The explanation for the correct options:

1. There are two layers to the pomegranate fruit's dry outer shell.
2. A tough outer coating is known as an epicarp and a soft, inner layer is known as a mesocarp.
3. The inner mesocarp creates unique, asymmetrical chambers that house fleshy-covered seeds (aril)
4. True berries are fleshy fruits with several seeds that develop from a single blossom with one ovary.
5. The pomegranate is a berry with seeds and pulp that grows from the ovaries of a single flower.
6. The seeds of pomegranates are full of fiber.
7. Pomegranate is a fibrous berry.

The explanation for the incorrect option:

Option A:

1. A fleshy, indehiscent fruit that develops from a multicarpellary, multilocular inferior ovary.
2. It has a tough, leathery pericarp.
3. The seeds are attached irregularly, with the edible portion being the testa.

Option B:

1. Pepo is another modified berry.
2. It is with a hard exocarp and an edible mesocarp.
3. Several seeds are embedded in the endocarp.
4. It serves as a bed for them.

Option D:

1. Amphisarca is a berry with a woody epicarp, pulpy mesocarp, and endocarp.
2. It has a woody epicarp.
3. The seed testa is mucilaginous.

Final answer: Pomegranate is a Fibrous berry.