NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyMorphology of Flowering PlantsPractice
How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence? Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry.
Options
- AFour
- BFive
- CTwo
- DThree
Correct answer
D. Three
Step-by-step solution
A composite or multiple fruit is a group of fruitlets which develop from the different flowers of an inflorescence. It is of two main types, sorosis (e.g., mulberry, pineapple, jack fruit) and syconus (e.g.,peepal, banyan, fig) etc.