Question

In wheat, the edible part is
A. Whole seed
B. Whole fruit
C. Endosperm
D. Endosperm and embryo

Answer 1

There are many parts in a plant but we do not eat all of them. We can eat only certain parts and those are called edible parts. Wheat fruit is a caryopsis. Pericarp and seed coat of these fruits are fused. Wheat belongs to the family Gramineae. Most of the plants of the family Gramineae have caryopsis fruit.

Complete answer:
The edible part of wheat is endosperm and embryo. To explain this, some points are given below:
Endosperm and embryo are the parts of the seed.
Seed Coat and pericarp are removed during different processes. So, only the seed is eaten.
The growth of the embryo at the time of seed germination is supported by the food which is stored in endosperm.
Wheat plants are monocotyledonous.
It contains only one embryonic cotyledon.
In other cereals such as maize, rice, etc the edible part is endosperm and embryo.
The botanical name of wheat is written as triticum aestivum.
Wheat and other grains are popularly known as ‘dry fruits’.
The grains of these plants are actually fruits (Caryopsis).

The correct answer is option D. Endosperm and embryo.

Note:
The wheat grain is oval in shape. When it is cut longitudinally into two parts, the larger portion has a white coloured endosperm and the smaller portion has the embryo. We eat these parts only as only they are the edible parts of wheat. Apart from this, we cannot eat any other part.