Assertion: in mango and coconut, the fruit is known as drupe and possess only one seed.
Reason: Drupe develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries.
a. Both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
b. Both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion.
c. The assertion is true but the reason is false.
d. Both the assertion and reason are false.
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Option a is correct.
Fruit of coconut and mango are an example of a drupe. A drupe is also called as stone fruit. It is an indehiscent fruit which has an outer fleshy part-exocarp, the middle skin part called mesocarp and fleshy hardened part called endocarp with a seed inside. Drupe develops from monocarpellary superior which means that they develop from a single carpel and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries. The main characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.
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Option a is correct.
Fruit of coconut and mango are an example of a drupe. A drupe is also called as stone fruit. It is an indehiscent fruit which has an outer fleshy part-exocarp, the middle skin part called mesocarp and fleshy hardened part called endocarp with a seed inside. Drupe develops from monocarpellary superior which means that they develop from a single carpel and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries. The main characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.
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