Question

Berries, drupes and pomes are
A. Aggregate fruits
B. Composite fruits
C. Simple succulent fruits
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Flowers will give us fruits to eat. These fruits can be formed from different parts of the ovary or flower. They can be seedless or with seeds. The nature of the fruit depends on the part from which it is maturing. Their juicy succulent is formed from the inflorescence.

Complete answer:
The flower being the reproductive part of the plant gives rise to fruit after the fertilization of pollen with the ovules, the ovules from the seed in the fruit. These fruits are sometimes formed from some other part of the flower or ovary, so this gives us different kinds of fruit.
Let us learn about the options.
Option A: Aggregate fruits: These fruits develop from the polycarpellary ovary which is apocarpous. It is also called etaerio. These are formed from different ovaries of a single flower. Example- blackberries and strawberries.
Option B: Composite fruits: They develop from the inflorescence of the flowers. They are also called infructescence. Example- Ananas Artocarpus. They are made from the fruiting bodies of the same inflorescence.
Option C: Simple succulent fruits: The fruits arising from the single ovary of a single flower. They are simple fruits. As they have fleshy juices, they make the succulent fruits because the juicy flesh is called the succulent. An example is a berry, drupe etc.

So the answer is option C: Simple Succulent fruits.

Note:
There are 3 types of succulent fruits. The first is drupe- it is the stone fruit like mango, coconut etc, whose pericarp is differentiated into thin pericarp and stony endocarp. The second is pomes- fleshy fruit which is surrounded by fleshy edible thalamus like apple, pear etc. the third is the berry- they have no hard part except for seed, they are all juicy and fleshy. Example date, banana etc.