Question: The fruit which is produced in tomato plant is
Options:
Drupe type
Bepo type
Berry type
None of the above
-The fruit is a characteristic feature of flowering plants.
-It is a mature or ripened ovary, developed after fertilization.
-The fruit consists of a wall or pericarp and seeds.
-The pericarp may be dry or fleshy.
-When the pericarp is thick and fleshy, it is differentiated into the outer epicarp, the middle mesocarp, and the inner endocarp
Explanation
-True fruits are those that are developed from ovaries after fertilization eg. Tomato, guava, mango
-False fruits are those that develop from parts other than the ovary eg. Apple
-Parthenocarpic fruits are fruits that develop directly from ovaries without fertilization. They don’t have seeds, eg. banana
✏️Fruits are classified as follows:
-Simple fruits develop from a single ovary,
-Drupe: They develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries and are one-seeded. eg. mango, coconut
-Berries: Entire pericarp is fleshy, although skin is sometimes tough; maybe one or many-seeded. E.g. grape, tomato
-Pepo: They are slightly similar to the berries and include fruits such as watermelon, citrus fruits
-Pomes: Such fruits bloom from trees. For eg., apple, papaya
-Whereas complex fruits develop from multiple mature ovaries(aggregate fruits) or sometimes an entire inflorescence(composite fruits).