Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants Question 100

100. A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence is called

(a) Sorosis

(b) Syconus

(c) Caryopsis

(d) Hasperidium

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Answer : b

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(b) The fig (Syconus) is an aggregate fruit, consisting of numerous seed-like pericarps inclosed within a hollow, fleshy receptacle where the flowers were attached. This fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence.