NEET Biology question

BiologyMorphology of Flowering PlantsNEET

How many plants in the list given below have composite fruits that develop from an inflorescence? Walnut, poppy, radish, fig, pineapple, apple, tomato, mulberry

Answer: (D)

Solution

A composite (multiple) fruit develops from an entire inflorescence rather than from a single flower. Among the listed plants, fig (a syconus enclosing many flowers), pineapple (a sorosis from the whole inflorescence) and mulberry (also a sorosis) are

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