NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyMorphology of Flowering PlantsPractice
Pineapple fruit develops from
Options
- Aa multilocular,monocarpellary flower
- Ba unilocular, polycarpellary flower
- Ca multipistillate syncarpous flower
- Da cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis
Correct answer
D. a cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axis
Step-by-step solution
Pineapple is a sorosis type of fruit that develops from spike inflorescence. Here the flowers fuse by their succulent tepals and axis bearing the flowers becomes fleshy or woody, thus forming a compact mass. These are composite or multiple fruits.