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The fruit commonly occurring in the members of family Solanaceae is

biology fruit and seed morphology of the fruit fruit plants: structure and function

  1. Lomentum

  2. Berry

  3. Cypsela

  4. Drupe

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is a large family, commonly called the ‘potato family’. It is widely

distributed in tropics, subtropics and even temperate zones.
The fruit of Solanaceae is berry or capsule.
So, the correct answer is 'Berry'.

Pepo is a false fruit

biology fruit and seed morphology of the fruit fruit plants: structure and function

  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fruit is a seed-bearing structure in flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate seeds. Pepo is a fleshy, several-seeded fruit that has developed from one flower having a single ovary divided into several carpels, which develops a firm or tough rind as it matures. This type of fruit is found in plants of the family Cucurbitaceae.

So the given statement is false.

Fruit colour in squash is an example of 

biology fruit and seed morphology of the fruit fruit plants: structure and function

  1. Recessive epistasis

  2. Dominant epistasis

  3. Complimentary genes

  4. Inhibitory genes

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Correct Option: A

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
The structure that forms most of the flesh of an apple is the

biology fruit and seed morphology of the fruit fruit plants: structure and function

  1. pistil

  2. receptacle

  3. petal

  4. stamen

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
An Apple is called a false fruit as it is developed from the thalamus, not from the ovary. Thus apple flesh is not derived from the ovary instead it is derived from the receptacle.
So, the correct answer is receptacle.