Question

Pome fruit is-
a. Eucarpic
b. Parthenocarpic
c. Pseudocarp
d. Composite

Answer 1

Hint: A fruit in which some of the flesh is extracted from the carpel and other portions of the flower, like the receptacle, not from the floral ovary but from some adjacent external tissue.

Complete answer:
> Option A is incorrect. The fruits that grow from a fertilised ovary are Eucarpic. A true fruit or eucarp is an ovary that is nascent or developing, formed after fertilisation, such as mango, maize, grape etc.

> Option B is incorrect. Parthenocarpic are the fruits where the ovules do not fertilise and contribute to seedless fruit development. For example, bananas. Horticulturists are now growing several seedless grapes, oranges, and watermelons a day.

> Option C is correct. A false fruit or pseudo-carp is formed through floral sections other than ovaries, e.g., cashew-nut peduncle, apple, pear, gourd, and cucumber thalamus; mulberry perianth fused, and Dillenia calyx. Also, jackfruit and pineapple are fake fruits as they emerge from the whole inflorescence. Fake fruits are also known as false fruits, or accessories. Pome is a simple and succulent false fruit, which grows from an edible fleshy thalamus, hence the name pseudocarp.

> Option D is incorrect. Composite fruits are those which grow from an entire inflorescence. False fruits are all composite fruit. Usually, there are many ovaries and other floral parts that join in these fruits to form the fruit. These are of two types: Sorosis: Such fruits grow from the inflorescence of spike, spadix, or catkin.

Hence, The correct answer is option (C).

Note: The two primary roles of fruit as a plant organ and container of seeds or seeds are defence and seed dispersal. Fruits keep seeds healthy. During seed growth, the fruit acts as a physical barrier between the seed or seeds and the outer world.