NEET2017BotanyChapterActual
Coconut fruit is a
Options
- ADrupe
- BBerry
- CNut
- DCapsule
Correct answer
A. Drupe
Step-by-step solution
Coconut fruit (stone fruit) is a drupe. A drupe develops from the monocarpellary superior ovary and is one-seeded. It is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part exocarp (or skin) and mesocarp (or flesh) surround a single shell pyrene of hardened endocarp with a seed endocarp.