Question

The edible part of orange is
a. Mesocarp
b. April
c. Endocarp
d. Placental hair

Answer 1

Hesperidium fruit is a type of orange fruit and modified of berry with a leathery hard pericarp, fleshy placental hairs, endocarp and fibrous mesocarp. Endocarp is the edible portion of the fruit which consists of individual segments, central fibrous core and segments walls or outer membrane. Waxy substances such as vesicles and juice sacs contained by segments.

Complete answer:
In the Rutaceae family orange is the fruit of various citrus species also known as sweet orange and differentiate from the Citrus× aurantium referred to as bitter orange. In the apomixis that’s present in the nucellar embryony helps to reproduce asexually sweet orange. Due to the mutations various kinds of varieties generate in the sweet orange.

Hybridization of the orange between the citrus reticulata and citrus maxima .Pomelo is also referred to as a chloroplasts genome and maternal line in the present completely sequenced genome of the orange. In southern China, Myanmar and northeast India a number of species of orange are originated and grown in the tropical and subtropical regions. Juicy placental hairs are the edible part of the orange which is mesocarp and endocarp obtained from the fibers.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: Segments is the part of the fruit in which seeds are present inside it. Pith is present inside an orange also known as white stuff. The outer layer of the fleshy fruit is edible and the tissue developed from the ovary walls of the flowers and protected from the environments and apart from the parent plant.