NEET 2014
- Exam
- NEET
- Year
- 2014
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Morphology of Flowering Plants
NEET 2014 · Botany · Morphology of Flowering Plants
An aggregate fruit is one which developed from
An aggregate fruit is one which developed from
Options
- AMulticarpellary syncarpous gynoecium
- BMulticarpellary apocarpous gynoecium
- CComplete inflorescence
- DMulticarpellary superior ovary
Correct answer
B. Multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium
Step-by-step solution
The aggregate fruits develop from multicarpellary apocarpous ovary. These fruits form an aggregate (also called etario) of fruitlets. Few examples are as follows -
Etario of follicles - Calotropis, Consolida.
Etario of achenes - Rose, Clematis
Etario of drupes - Raspberry,
Etario of berries - Custard apple (Anona squamosa)