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Agriculture · Q298

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 298

Q298

Botanically ber fruit is

A.
Pome
B.
Stone
C.
Drupe
Answer
D.
Nut

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Botanically Ber fruit is Drupe.
The scientific name of Ber is Ziziphus mauritiana, and is a spiny, evergreen shrub or small tree up to 15 m high, with a trunk 40 cm or more in diameter; spreading crown; stipule spines, and many drooping branches. The fruit is of variable shape and size.
It belongs to the category of drupe fruit which means it is a simple fleshy fruit that usually contains a single seed. As a simple fruit, a drupe is derived from a single ovary of an individual flower.