Question

Match the type of fruits with the plants in which these are found. Choose the answer which gives the correct combination of the alphabets of the two columns.

List l: Fruit list	List ll: Plant
A.Berry	1.Fig
B.Siliqua	2.Jack fruit
C.Sorosis	3.Mustard
D.Syconus	4.Lemon
5.Tomato

(a)A- 5, B- 3, C- 2, D- 1
(b)A- 1, B- 2, C- 3, D- 4
(c)A- 2, B- 3, C- 1, D- 4
(d)A- 5, B- 4, C- 3, D- 1

Answer 1

The fertilized ovary of a flowering plant that is angiosperm develops into a fruit. Fruits can be developed from a single flower or from multiple flowers after fusion.

Complete answer:
The correct match from the above table is as follows: Berry fruit found in a tomato plant, siliqua fruit is found in the mustard plant, sorosis fruit is found in the jackfruit plant, and syconus fruit is found in a fig plant. The fruit is a fertilized ovary. After compilation of pollination and fertilization, two new structures have developed the seeds or fertilized ovules and pericarp or thickened ovary walls.

Additional Information: -Berry: In the tomato plant, the fruit is of berry type. The epicarp is thin like a membrane and seeds remain embedded in the fleshy part. Initially, seeds are attached to the fruit placenta but after maturation, these seeds get detached from the placenta and spread in the fleshy parts.
-Siliqua: Silique is a type of dry fruit-bearing plant that separates at maturity into two or four segments called valves, leaving behind a persistent partition that bears the seeds. The valves remain connected at the top. Silique is of two types, the first is a typical siliqua which is an elongated capsule-like structure and the second one is a short and broad siliqua. Both the types are characteristic of plants belonging to the mustard family.
-Sorosis: The sorosis fruits are formed when a group of flowers merges to create fruit. Soroses are that type of fruit in which ovaries of a group of budding flowers merge and develops into a fruit, for eg jackfruit, mulberry, grapes, etc,
-syconus: Syconus is a type of composite fruit that is formed from a hollow fleshy inflorescence stalk inside which tiny flowers develop. These flowers are of three types: The female flowers develop towards the base, male flowers develop towards the orifice and short-styled sterile female flowers develop in between. An example is a fig.
So, the correct answer is,’ A- 5, B- 3, C- 2, D- 1’.

Note: -In berry fruit, the epicarp is thin like a membrane, and seeds remain embedded in the fleshy part.
-Composite fruits: The multiple fruits which develop from the complete inflorescence are known as composite fruits.
-The sorosis fruits are formed when a group of flowers merges to create fruit.
-In syconus the female flowers develop towards the base, male flowers develop towards the orifice and short-styled sterile female flowers develop in between.