Question

The correct match for fruit is
A. Maize- Caryopsis, Mango- Stone fruit, Lady’s finger- Capsule, Tomato- berry
B. Maize- Lomentum, Mango- drupe, Lady’s finger- capsule, Tomato- drupe
C. Maize- nut, Mango- berry, Lady’s finger- capsule, Tomato- Drupe
D. Maize- cremocarp, Mango- berry, Lady’s finger- follicle, Tomato- samara

Answer 1

Hint: Fruits are mainly classified on the basis of the number of ovaries present and also the number of flowers involved in the formation of the fruit. Can also be classified on the basis of their structure.

Step by step answer:Caryopsis also known as grain is a one-seeded fruit, in which its seed is attached firmly to just one part of the fruit. It is a thin dry fruit, with pericarp fused with a thin seed coat. As present in maize.
-Stone fruit also known as a drupe is developed from a single carpel and usually contains a single seed. And a thick outer exocarp covering is present. Mango and coconut represent these fruits.
-The capsule is a type of dry fruit that bursts open to release the seeds on maturity as in Lady’s finger.
-Berry type of fruit consists of one or more carpels having one or more seeds with a fleshy ovary wall as in tomatoes.

-Lomentum is a type of legume fruit that is dry and dehiscent formed from a single carpel but is divided into compartments with constrictions between the seeds. Example- Acacia
-Nut is a type of fruit that has a hard and inedible shell with a mostly edible seed.
-Cremocarp is a dry dehiscent fruit having two mericarps. Example- Coriander.
-Samara are fruits in which the pericarp has a wing-like outgrowth, can be two or one-seeded.

Note: A fruit mainly consists of three layers such as:
1. Exocarp- Which is the outermost layer, mostly made of the epidermis.
2. Mesocarp- Which is the middle layer
3. Endocarp- Which is the innermost layer, the nature of which varies from fruit to fruit.