Question

Which of the following fruits are developed from multicarpellary syncarpous superior ovaries and sometimes from inferior ovaries?
A) Gossypium
B) Papaver
C) Hibiscus esculentus
D) All of the above.

Answer 1

Hint: Fruits that are formed from multicarpellary syncarpous, superior, or inferior ovary forms one fruit and are either dry fruits or fleshy fruit.

Complete answer:
Option A Gossypium: Gossypium is a genus of herbs or shrubs. Gossypium is a dry fruit of Gossypium hirsutum. Gossypium hirsutum is also known as upland cotton and is mostly planted cotton species. It opens by valves, slit, or pores to release seeds.
Option A is wrong.
Option B Papaver: Papaver is a genus of \[70 - 100\] species of frost-tolerant plant. Papaver or oriental poppy is dry fruit. Dry fruits that split on their own when ripe. It belongs to the poppy family and is a type of genus.
Option B is wrong
Option C Hibiscus esculentus: Hibiscus esculentus is also known as okra. Okra is a loculicidal capsular dry fruit. Capsules open when the fruit ripens.
Option C is wrong
Option D all of the above: All of the above (Gossypium, Papaver, Hibiscus esculentus) fruits are developed from multicarpellary syncarpous superior ovaries and sometimes from an inferior ovary.
Option D is the correct answer.

Option D is the correct answer - All of the above.

Note:
The fruits that are developed from multicarpellary syncarpous superior ovary and sometimes from the inferior ovary are Gossypium, Papaver, Hibiscus esculentus. Gossypium is a dry fruit of Gossypium hirsutum and opens by valves. And Papaver or oriental poppy is also a dry fruit that splits and opens its own when it gets ripe. And the Hibiscus esculentus is a loculicidal capsular dry fruit. Dried fruit are the fruits from which the majority of the original water content has been removed.