Fruit

Question 1

It is a ripened ovary, enclosing the seeds
(mature ovules)

Answer 1

Fruit

Question 2

The ovary becomes a _____ while the ovules develop into _____

Answer 2

Fruit, seeds

Question 3

What plant hormone is responsible for regulating various aspects of fruit development, including growth, setting, ripening, abscission, and tropic responses?

Answer 3

Auxin

Question 4

Fruits can only be found in

Answer 4

Angiosperms

Question 5

Function of the fruit

Answer 5

It protects the developing seeds and plays an important role in seed dispersal

Question 6

Three layers of the Pericarp

Answer 6

• Exocarp
• Mesocarp
• Endocarp

Question 7

Outermost layer of the pericarp

Answer 7

Exocarp

Question 8

Middle layer of the pericarp

Answer 8

Mesocarp

Question 9

Inner layer of the pericarp

Answer 9

Endocarp

Question 10

It is derived from a single ovary of one flower

Answer 10

Simple fruits

Question 11

How would you characterize a fruit that becomes dry at maturity, specifically when the pericarp is dry

Answer 11

Dry

Question 11

How would you describe the texture of a fruit that is soft and juicy throughout

Answer 11

Fleshy

Question 12

Enumerate the different types of fleshy fruits

Answer 12

• Berry or baccate fruit
• Drupe
• Pepo
• Hesperidium
• Pome

Question 13

the whole pericarp is fleshy; the seeds usually embedded in the pulp

Answer 13

Berry or baccate fruit

Question 14

It has a hard and stony endocarp and more or less soft exocarp and mesocarp

Answer 14

Drupe

Question 15

It has a hard exocarp and soft mesocarp and endocarp

Answer 15

Pepo

Question 16

A type of berry with a thick leathery rind (the exocarp and mesocarp) supplied with oil glands and with the endocarp possessing vesicular juice-filled outgrowths known as pulp
sacs filling up the wedge-shaped locules

Answer 16

Hesperidium

Question 17

The fleshy portion is made up of either the much thickened calyx or the hypanthium

Answer 17

Pome

Question 18

It splits at maturity

Answer 18

Dehiscent

Question 19

Enumerate dehiscent dry fruits

Answer 19

• Follicle
• Legume
• Silique
• Capsule
• Schizocarp

Question 20

It is when the pericarp does not split at maturity

Answer 20

Indehiscent

Question 21

Enumerate indehiscent dry fruits

Answer 21

• Achene
• Utricle
• Grain or Caryopsis
• Samara
• Nut

Question 22

It splits along one (ventral) suture

Answer 22

Follicle

Question 23

It splits along two (the dorsal and ventral) sutures

Answer 23

Legume

Question 24

It splits along two or more sutures in a variety of ways

Answer 24

Capsule

Question 25

It is from an ovary of two carpels which at maturity splits into three portions with the central persistent portion containing the seeds attached to it as in the mustard family

Answer 25

Silique

Question 26

It is derived from two carpels that split at maturity along the midline into two one-seeded indehiscent halves

Answer 26

Schizocarp

Question 27

A one-seeded fruit with the pericarp closely appressed with the seed coat

Answer 27

Achene

Question 28

Similar to an achene but with a loose, bladderlike pericarp

Answer 28

Utricle

Question 29

The pericarp is fused with the seed coat of the single seed

Answer 29

Grain or caryopsis

Question 30

With wing-like outgrowths of the pericarp

Answer 30

Samara

Question 31

A one-seeded fruit with a hard or stony pericarp, sometimes, with the envolucral cup, as in acorns, enclosing the stony pericarp

Answer 31

Nut

Question 32

Are formed from the ovaries of many pistils of one flower

Answer 32

Aggregate fruits

Question 33

Are formed from several ovaries of several flowers more or less grown together into a single mass

Answer 33

Multiple Fruits