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Question: The largest fruit is that of A) _Lodoicea_ B) _Borassus_ C) _Cocos_ D) _Carica_...

The largest fruit is that of
A) Lodoicea
B) Borassus
C) Cocos
D) Carica

Explanation

Solution

A flowering plant that encloses the seed or seeds, the fleshy or dried is known as fruit. There are also theoretically fruits of apricots (apricots), bananas, grapes, rice, corn kernels, tomatoes and almonds. The fruit is a portion of a plant eaten as a dessert or as a treat, but a botanist has a mature plant ovary.

Complete solution:
Lodoicea maldivica (Double cocoon, weighs 18 kgs) is the largest fruit in the world. In Socotra and parts of China it is allegedly naturalized.
Borassus flabellifer is commonly known as palm tree, kids' cocoon palm, or ice apple. It is native to the Indian sub-continent of Southeast Asia.
The Cocos nucifera is part of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only one. In Colombia, from the middle to late Paleocene a single coconut-like fruit has been recovered.
Carica is the flora of the Caricaceae family, including C. papaya, papaya, and a fruit tree commonly grown in the tropics of the United States.

Hence, option A) is the correct answer.

Note:
The fruit is bilobed, flattened, ovoid and sharp 40 to 50 cm long and usually has one, but sometimes two to four seeds. It is smooth and fibrous. The epicarp. The endosperm is thick, very tough, hollow and uniform. The fetus lies between both lobes in the sinus. During germination, the young plant is bound to the seed by the tubular cotyledonary petiole. It is estimated that the tube is about 4 meters long.