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Which of the following statements are correct? I.When a fruit develops from the inflorescence, it is composite. II.Mesocarp is the edible part in apple. III.Gynobasic style is seen in Ocimum. IV.Hypanthodium is a special type of inflorescence found in Euphorbia species. |
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I and IV are correct |
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I and III are correct |
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I and II are correct |
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II, III and IV are correct |
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Which of the following statements are correct? I.When a fruit develops from the inflorescence, it is composite. II.Mesocarp is the edible part in apple. III.Gynobasic style is seen in Ocimum. IV.Hypanthodium is a special type of inflorescence found in Euphorbia species. |
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I and IV are correct |
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I and III are correct |
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I and II are correct |
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II, III and IV are correct |
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(b) A composite or multiple fruit constitutes a geoup of fruitlets developed from different flowers of an inflorescence. Ocimum is a member of family-Labiatae and is characterised by verticillaster inflorescence and gynobasic style. Apple (Pyrus malus) is a pome (false fruit0, in which fleshy thalamus is edible. Cyathium is the special type of inflorescence, which is the characteristic of genus-Euphorbia. Hence, statement (I) and (III) are correct but statement (II) and (IV) are wrong. |