Question

Write the type of fruit and their edible parts of the following
1. Mango
2. Custard apple
3. Sweet Orange
4. Banana
5. Guava
6. Litchi
7. Pomegranate
8. Fig
9. Grapes
10. Mulberry
11. Strawberry
12. Peach
13. Date palm

Answer 1

Hint: Exotic fruits are that which are not native and that are cultivated outside, available at their place of origin. Some exotic fruits are tropical.

Complete answer:
Fruits are the mature ovary or ovaries of one or more flowers. The mesocarp is usually the fleshy, edible part of the fruit. In many fruits, two, or all three of the layers are fused, and are indistinguishable at maturity. Fruits can be dry or fleshy. The pericarp develops from a plant’s ovary. It forms around the seeds. On fruit, the pericarp is the edible tissue that develops around the seeds.

Fruit	Type of fruit	Edible part
Mango	Drupe	Mesocarp
Custard Apple	Compound	Fleshy part
Sweet Orange	Hesperidium	Mesocarp or pulp
Banana	False Berry	Placenta and Pericarp
Guava	Berry	Whole fruit
Litchi	Nut	Aril
Pomegranate	Babauta	Aril
Fig	synchronous	Fleshy receptacle or thalamus
Grapes	Berry	Pericarp and Placenta
Apple	False Fruit	Thalamus
Mulberry	Sorosis	Entire fruit
Strawberry	etaerio of achenes	Entire fruit
Peach	Drupe	Entire fruit
Date Palm	Berry	Epicarp and Mesocarp

Note: Caruncle is the spongy outgrowth of the integument near micropyle. The main function of the caruncle is to absorb water which is necessary for germination. The example of seed which contains caruncle is castor seeds.