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  • The edible part of mango is known as

    Question: The edible part of mango is known as

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    Mesocarp
    Endocarp
    Mesocarp and Endocarp
    Pericarp

    🔑Key Points:
    -The fruit is a characteristic feature of flowering plants.
    -The fruit is a mature or ripened ovary, developed after fertilization.
    -The pericarp is the fruit wall and may be thick and fleshy or thick and hard or thin or soft.
    -The pericarp is made up of 3 layers-
    -Epicarp = Outermost layer
    -Mesocarp = Middle layer
    -Endocarp = Innermost layer

    • 🛑Important Points:Mango:
    -The scientific name of Mango is Mangifera indica.
    -It is a tropical fruit, common in South East Asian countries.
    -In mango fruit is known as a drupe.
    -They develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries and are one-seeded.
    -In mango, the pericarp is well-differentiated into an outer thin epicarp, a middle fleshy edible mesocarp and an inner stony hard endocarp.
    Types of fruit and edible parts ( Mango: Drupe, Mesocarp
    ( Custard Apple: Compound, Fleshy part
    ( Sweet Orange: Hesperidium, Mesocarp or pulp
    ( Banana: False Berry, Placenta and Pericarp
    ( Guava: Berry, Whole fruit
    ( Litchi: Nut, Aril
    ( Pomegranate: Balausta, Aril
    ( Fig: Synchronous, Fleshy receptacle or thalamus
    ( Grapes: Berry, Pericarp and Placenta
    ( Apple: False Fruit, Thalamus
    ( Mulberry: Sorosis, Entire fruit
    ( Strawberry: Etaerio of achenes, Entire fruit
    ( Peach: Drupe, Entire fruit
    ( Date Palm: Berry, Epicarp and Mesocarp

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