Question

Mango fruit is a drupe type in which the mesocarp is...
A. Fibrous
B. Stony hard
C. Thin and fleshy
D. Fleshy and edible
E. Thin and dry

Answer 1

Hint:Drupe is the fruit that develops from either mono are multi carpellary. In mango fruit is developed from mesocarp.

Complete answer:
1. Mango and coconut are the drupe type of fruit.
2. A drupe type of fruit is an indehiscent type of fruit, in this there endocarp is hard and the seed present inside that hard thick membrane. This hard thick membrane is surrounded by a fleshy part.
3. The drupe type of fruit is mainly developed from a single carpel and of a superior type of ovary.
4. Drupe types of fruit are single-seeded such as cherry, peach, mango, coconut, olive.
5. Here the outer layer of the ovary is converted into thin skin, the middle layer is thick and fleshy and also edible. The innermost layer is made up of thick hard stony material and inside that single seed present safely.
6. The hard layer or the stony layer is made up of endocarp, the middle fleshy layer which is edible is made up of mesocarp, and the outer layer of the fruit that is peel is made up of epicarp
Hence from the above in the drupe type of fruit, the mesocarp forms the middle FLESHY AND EDIBLE part of the fruit.

So option D) is the correct answer.

Note: 1. Here the ovary is of superior and multi carpellary type.
2. Examples of drupe types of fruits are peach, plum, nectarine, cherry, mango, coconut, olive, almond, apricot.