AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1995

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    If a fruit is developed from bicarpellary syncarpus inferior ovary with basal placement and with a single ovule, the fruit is termed as

    A)  silique           

    B)  cypsela

    C)  silicula           

    D)  lomentun.

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    : Cypsella is a one seeded fruit which is developed from bicarpellary, syncarpus, inferior ovary. Siliqua or silique is a dry elongated fruit which is developed from bicarpellary, syncarpus, superior ovary. Ovary has parietal placentation. In the beginning the ovary is unilocular but later becomes bilocular due to the development of false septum. Silicula resembles the siliqua but its breadth and length are equal. It is short and broad. Lomentum is a fruit usually elongated which is developed from monocarpellary superior ovary. Actually, these fruits are modifications of legumes.


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