PLANT STRUCTURE AND THEIR FUNCTIONS FRUIT

Question 1

Fruit

Answer 1

consists of a ripened ovary
or (ovaries and its contents, seeds and
other parts of the flower), together
with any adjacent part that may be
fused with it.

Question 2

Fruit wall

Answer 2

is termed pericarp and
is composed of exocarp, mesocarp,
and endocarp.

Question 3

Production of fruits

Answer 3

is limited
only to flowering plants because fruits
arise only from floral organs.

Question 4

Parthenocarpic

Answer 4

seedless fruit

Question 5

Fruit Regions

Answer 5

The skin forms the exocarp,
while the inner boundary
around the seeds form the
endocarp.Mesocarp is often
the fleshy tissue between the
exocarp and endocarp. The
three regions collectively are
called the pericarp.

Question 6

Kinds of Fruits

Answer 6

▪ Fleshy Fruits
▪ Dry Fruits
▪ Aggregate Fruits
▪ Multiple Fruits

Question 7

Fleshy Fruits

Answer 7

• Drupe – a simple fleshy fruit
  with a single seed enclosed by
  a hard, stony endocarp.
• Examples: apricots, peaches,
  cherries, plums, olives, prune, nectarine

Question 8

Berries

Answer 8

usually developed
from a compound ovary and
commonly contain more than
one seed.

• Example: tomatoes, grapes,
  peppers, eggplants

Question 9

Pomes

Answer 9

– are simple fleshy
fruits, the bulk of whose flesh
comes from the enlarged
floral tube or receptacle
that grows up around the
ovary.
* Examples: apple, pear

Question 10

Dry Fruits

Answer 10

Examples: Legume, Siliques, Nuts

Question 11

AGGREGATE FRUITS

Answer 11

Aggregate Fruits – is one
that is derived from a
single flower with several
to many pistils.
* Examples: raspberries,
blackberries and
strawberries

Question 12

MULTIPLE FRUITS

Answer 12

Multiple Fruits – are
derived from several to
many individual flowers in a
single inflorescence.
* Examples: mulberries,
oranges, pineapples

Question 13

FRUITS AND SEEDS DISPERSAL

Answer 13

-Dispersal by Wind
-Dispersal by Animals
- Dispersal by Water