Question

A fruit has fleshy mesocarp and stony endocarp is
(A) Pome
(B) Berry
(C) Pepo
(D) Drupe

Answer 1

Hint: A fruit has fleshy mesocarp and stony endocarp is mango, peach, cherry, and many more. This type of fruit is indehiscent fruit These fruits usually develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries.

Complete step by step answer:
A drupe is a fleshy fruit with thin skin and a seed in the center with a hard covering. Some of the plants inside the hardened stone contain an edible seed. - A drupe is an example of a fruit with a thin epicarp, an indehiscent mesocarp, and a hardened endocarp. The seed inside the covering is edible in some cases like in the case of almonds.

Additional Information: The term fruit is used for the ripened ovary of a plant. It forms a protective covering for the seed and the embryo of a plant. As the seed develops, the fruit also develops. 

- When the endocarp of the almond fruit is broken, the cotyledons revealed are edible. - Generally, a fruit has three parts - exocarp or the outermost skin/covering, mesocarp or the middle part of the fruit, and the endocarp or the inner part of the fruit. The mesocarp is generally the fleshy and edible part of the fruit. In other cases, the endocarp is the edible part.
- Mango has an edible mesocarp.
- Coconut has an edible endosperm.
 Seedless fruits are also present in nature. Parthenocarpy is the process of the natural or artificial production of fruit without fertilization of ovules. For example, seedless bananas and grapes are very common.
So, the correct answer is ‘Drupe’.

Note: Almonds are commonly known as nuts but scientifically are not; they are drupes. Other examples of drupes are pistachio, cherries, plums, etc. Dehiscent fruits release their seeds into the environment readily (like peas) while indehiscent fruits rely on the decay for the spread.