NEET 2006 Biology question

Pineapple (ananas) fruit develops from-

(1)a unilocular polycarpellary flower
(2)a multipistillate syncarpous flower
(3)a cluster of compactly borne flowers on a common axisCorrect
(4)a multilocular monocarpellary flower

Answer: (3)

Solution

Pineapple is a multiple (composite) fruit, also called a sorosis. It is formed from an entire inflorescence in which many flowers are compactly arranged on a common axis; the flowers, their bracts and the axis fuse and swell together to form a single fleshy

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Question ID VK-089636