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The morphological nature of the edible part of coconut is

Options

  1. APerisperm
  2. BCotyledon
  3. CEndosperm
  4. DPericarp

Correct answer

C. Endosperm

Step-by-step solution

The edible part of coconut is endosperm. Coconut water is free nuclear endosperm and the white kernel is the cellular endosperm. Initially, the coconut is a nuclear liquid endosperm. it is a coenocytic liquid tissue with lots of rapidly dividing nuclei. At some point, gelification of the soil surrounding the nuclei occurs and cellular boundaries start to appear. These cells and nuclei start to settle down on the endothelium (inner lining of the integuments) and the cells divide to produce a columnar sort of a cover

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