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2017 Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants Endosperm – coconut Easy Question 52 of 126 in Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

The morphological nature of the edible part of coconut is

A Perisperm

B Cotyledon

C Endosperm

D Pericarp

The answer is C.

Solution

Coconut water and kernel are endosperm.

Coconut has a double endosperm, with liquid (free-nuclear) endosperm and cellular endosperm; the edible part is the endosperm.

Concept coconut-endosperm

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