NEET 2008 Biology question

Dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit formed from bicarpellary syncarpous inferior ovary is

(1)Cremocarp
(2)Caryopsis
(3)CypselaCorrect
(4)Berry

Answer: (3)

Solution

A cypsela is a dry, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit developed from a bicarpellary, syncarpous, inferior ovary (as in sunflower and other members of Asteraceae). Hence option (3). A cremocarp (Umbelliferae) is a

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Question ID VK-090066