Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants Question 105

105. The fleshy receptacle of syconus of fig encloses a number of:

(a) Achenes

(b) Samaras

(c) Berries

(d) Mericarps

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Answer : a

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(a) The fleshy receptacle of syconus of fig encloses a number of Achenes. Achene is the thin dry pericarp is free from seed except at one point. The fruit develops from a monocarpellary pistil having superior unilocular and ovuled ovary.