Question

Fruit of Mangifera indica/ coconut is
(a)Berry
(b)Drupe
(c)Capsule
(d)Siliqua

Answer 1

Hint: A simple fleshy fruit that usually contains a single seed and is derived from a single ovary of an individual flower. The other fruits in which such condition is found are fruits such as the cherry, peach, and olive.

Complete answer:
The fruit of the coconut plant is known as Drupe. The external layer of the ovary wall is like slender skin or strip while the central layer is thick and fleshy (though sometimes tough, as in the almond, or fibrous, as in the coconut). The inner layer is known as the pit or putamen, is hard and stony. The pit, which is regularly mistaken for the seed itself, ordinarily has one seed or, once in a while, a few, where case just one grows completely.

Additional Information: -The classification systems for mature fruits are done according to the number of carpels constituting the original ovary, dehiscence, indehiscence, dryness, and fleshiness. The properties of the ripened ovary wall, or pericarp, entire development, or in part development into fleshy, fibrous, or stony tissue, are also considered.
-Drupes are fleshy fruits and contain an inner stony or woody endocarp that remains adhered to the seed.
-A fruit is the fleshy ripened ovary of a flowering plant, enclosing the seed or many seeds.
-Berry are those fruits in which both the endocarp and the mesocarp are fleshy.
-Capsules are those fruits which are derived from a compound ovary.
-A siliqua is a type of fruit that has two fused carpels. The length is always three times the width.
So, the correct answer is, ‘Drupe.’

Note: In raspberry and blackberry, are aggregate fruits (multiple ovaries in a single flower, joined together) and not true berries (fruit derived from a single ovary of a flower), in such fruit, many small drupes are clumped together.