NEET2008BotanyMorphology of Flowering PlantsActual
The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary and has seeds with succulent testa in
Options
- Apomegranate
- Borange
- Cguava
- Dcucumber
Correct answer
A. pomegranate
Step-by-step solution
Balausta is special type of false or pseudocarpic berry develops from multilocular, syncarpous inferior ovary. The whole fruit is enclosed by a hard rind made up of exocarp (epicarp fused with thalamus) and part of mesocarp. Plate-like infoldings are developed by mesocarp. The papery endocarp covers the individual group of seeds. The seeds possess bright red juicy testa that form edible part of fruit, e g , pomegranate. The fruit of cucumber is pepo. In this the exocarp is not separable from mesocarp and the seeds