Q. Pericarp and placenta are edible part of simple fleshy berry fruit

A) Jack fruit
B) Banana
C) Tomato
D) Date palm
Explanation

Berry is generally many seeded fleshy fruit develops from polycarpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary. It consists of epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. Mesocarp and endocarp are fused together to form the pulp of the fruit, e.g., tomato, brinjal, etc. Thus, placentae and endocarp are edible part of tomato.

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