NEETBiologyMorphology of Flowering PlantsMCQ+4 / −1
How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence?
Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry.
Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry.
- AFour
- BFive
- CTwo
- DThree
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Correct answer: D
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, jackfruit) and syconus (e.g., peepal, banyan, fig, etc.)
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