Question

Pomegranate has an edible part
A. Seed coat
B. Mesocarp
C. Endocarp
D. Pericarp

Answer 1

Hint: Pomegranate, an edible berry, is a balausta type of succulent fruit having a rounded shape and thick, reddish skin. The edible part is juice filled pulps.

Complete answer:
Balausta is an indehiscent, multi-seeded, fruit having a tough, leathery pericarp. It is derived from an inferior ovary with many locules. Pomegranate has many seeds. Each seed is covered by a water-laden pulp and the edible sarcotesta forms from the seed coat varying in color from white to deep red or purple embedded in a white, spongy, astringent membrane. This seed coat is the edible part of a pomegranate. The sarcotesta of pomegranate seeds is made up of epidermal cells derived from the integument. Pomegranate is a fruit having an outer hard layer made of exocarp and partially mesocarp, which also forms septa in the fruit. The endocarp is a papery structure which covers the seed. Nutrients, such as sugars, organic acids, and anthocyanins are present in ample amounts in the fleshy edible outer seed coat of pomegranate seeds.

Additional Information: In a typical fleshy fruits, the pericarp is typically composed up of three distinct layers: the outermost layer, epicarp (also known as exocarp); the middle layer, mesocarp; and the inner layer, endocarp, which surrounds the ovary or the seeds. The protective outer covering of the seed is called a seed coat.
So, the correct answer is ‘Seed coat’.

Note: - Pomegranate is a succulent fruit.
- The pomegranate has too many seeds. The number can vary from 200 to about 1400 seeds.