2001 AIPMT Morphology of Flowering PlantsThe Fruit: Edible Parts Medium Question 1 of 2 in The Fruit: Edible Parts

Which is correct pair for edible part : -

A Tomato – Thalamus
B Maize – Cotyledons
C Guava – Mesocarp
D Date palm – Pericarp

The answer is D.

Solution

Date palm: the fruit is a one-seeded berry; the fleshy pericarp is eaten. Correctly matched.
Tomato: the edible part is the fleshy pericarp and placenta, not the thalamus.
Maize: the edible part is the starchy endosperm, not the cotyledon.
Guava: a berry; the whole fruit (fleshy pericarp and thalamus) is eaten, not only the mesocarp.
So the correct pair is date palm – pericarp.

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