NEET Biology question
Two dry fruits (A & B) were observed. Both developed from unilocular ovaries of monocarpellary gynoecia. In fruit A, pericarp and seed coat are free. It liberates the seeds only after disintegration of the pericarp. Fruit B dehisces dorsiventrally liberating the seeds. The former in the pair represents 'A' and the latter 'B'. To which types of fruits 'A' and 'B' respectively belong?
Answer: (A)
Solution
A fruit with a free (unfused) pericarp and seed coat that releases its single seed only when the pericarp breaks down, rather than through a defined split, is an achene (fruit A). A fruit
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