Read the following statements (i, ii, iii and iv) and select the right choice with respect to coconut. i. The fruit is developed from inferior ovary ii. The middle fleshy mesocarp is edible. iii. The fruit is known as a drupe. iv. Endocarp

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Read the following statements (i, ii, iii and iv) and select the right choice with respect to coconut. i. The fruit is developed from inferior ovary ii. The middle fleshy mesocarp is edible. iii. The fruit is known as a drupe. iv. Endocarp is stony.

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Correct answer: C. iii & iv are correct

A drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a shell of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside.

Read the following statements (i, ii, iii and iv) and select the right choice with respect to coconut. i. The fruit is developed from inferior ovary ii. The middle fleshy mesocarp is edible. iii. The fruit is known as a drupe. iv. Endocarp is stony.

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