Question

Which‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌following‌ ‌is‌ ‌a‌ ‌drupe?‌ ‌
(a)Tomato‌ ‌
(b)Mango‌ ‌
(c)Wheat‌ ‌
(d)Pea‌ ‌

Answer 1

Hint: Drupe is a kind of fleshy fruit that has a succulent and fleshy pericarp, which surrounds the hardened endocarp with a seed inside.

Complete answer:
Mango is an example of drupe fruit having a fleshy mesocarp which surrounds the hardened endocarp with a seed inside. Drupe is a mono or multilocular, single-seeded, indehiscent, or fibrous fleshy fruit. Their pericarp is well-differentiated into thin epicarp, fleshy or fibrous mesocarp, and hard endocarp. It is formed from a monocarpellary or polycarpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary. Plum, Peach, Coconut, etc. are also drupe fruits. Drupe fruits are also known as stone fruits.

Additional Information:
-There are three types of fruits; simple, aggregate, and multiple.
Simple fruits are of two kinds, fleshy and dry. In fleshy fruits, the fruit wall or pericarp is fleshy and juicy, whereas, in dry fruits, the pericarp is hard and dry.
-Dry fruits are often three kinds, dehiscent, indehiscent, and schizocarpic. In dry dehiscent fruits, after a certain stage of development, dry pericarp splits or breaks open and liberates seeds.
-In dry indehiscent fruits, the pericarp does not dehisce at maturity. Schizocarpic fruits are intermediate between dehiscent and indehiscent types.

So, the correct answer is 'Mango'.

Note:
-Simple fruits develop from a single monocarpellary or syncarpous pistil.
-whereas an aggregate fruit develops from an apocarpous pistil, multiple or compound fruit develops from a complete inflorescence. Multiple fruits are formed by the fusion of the ovaries and other floral parts such as bracts, pedicels, and receptacles.
-Fruits developed entirely from the ovary are called true fruits. In some cases other floral parts may also be incorporated with fruits, such fruits are called pseudocarps or false fruits. Example; apple, fig fruit.