Q. False fruit is a fruit in which

A) Only ovary take part in fruit development
B) Only embryo take part an fruit development
C) Only chalazal cells take part an fruit development
D) Ovary and other floral part included in fruit
Explanation

Ovary and other floral part makes fruit. In most of the plants the fruit develops from the ovary (true fruits) and other floral part degenerate and fall off. However in a few species such as apple, strawberry, cashew, etc., the thalamus also contributes to fruit formation such fruits are called false fruit The transformation of part of flower Before Fertilisation After Fertilisation Calyx, corolla - Wither Androecium, style and stigma - Fruit Ovary Ovary wall - Pericarp Ovule - Seed Integuments - Seed coat Outer integuments - Testa Inner integuments - Tegaman Micropyle - Micropyle Funicle - Stalk of seed Nucellus (if persistant) - Perisperm Egg cell - Zygote (oospore) Synergid - Disintegrate

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