Question

Fruit of calotropis is-
A) Nut
B) Follicle
C) Berry
D) Siliqua

Answer 1

A mature, ripened ovary, as well as the contents of the ovary, is referred to as a fruit. The ovary is the reproductive component in the plant flower that contains the ovules. From the earliest stages of flower development until the ovules are fertilised and converted into seed, the ovary functions to encapsulate and preserve the ovules.

Complete answer:
In botany, a nut is a simple dry berry with a hardening ovary wall and a seed that remains detached or free within the ovary wall as it matures. It's a fruit with a hard shell that's inedible and a seed that's usually edible.

A follicle is a dry unilocular fruit made up of two or more seeds and generated from one carpel. Consolida, peony, and milkweed are examples of plants that dehisce by a suture in order to release seeds.

A berry is a tiny, pulpy fruit that is frequently edible. Berries are often juicy, spherical, brightly coloured, sweet, sour, or acidic, and lack a stone or pit, though a large number of pips or seeds may be present. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, red currants, white currants, and blackcurrants are all common examples. Soft fruit is a horticulture word for such fruits in the United Kingdom.

A siliqua is a form of fruit (seed capsule) with two united carpels that are more than three times longer than they are wide. A silicle is defined as a dried fruit with a length of less than three times its breadth. When the ovary's outer walls (the valves) separate when ripe, they are called dehiscent and leave a lasting partition (the replum). Many species of the Brassicaceae family, which includes mustard, contain silica..

Calotropis is a fruit that develops from a single flower into two different types of simple, dry, and dehiscent fruitlets. A follicle is a fruit that splits along a single suture. As a result, follicular is the correct answer.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: Only members of the Angiosperm family have the structure known as a "fruit." True fruit is a fruit that develops completely from the ovary and its contents. An auxiliary fruit is a fruit made up of the ovary and its contents, as well as other elements of the flower such the receptacle, petals, and sepals.