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Agriculture · Q1031

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1031

Q1031

Botanically loquat fruit is a

A.
Stone
B.
Sorosis
C.
Pome
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Botanically loquat fruit is a Pome.
A pome is a fruit consisting of a fleshy enlarged receptacle and a tough central core containing the seeds, e.g. an apple, pear, or Loquat.
The loquat fruit (Eriobotrya japonica) is also a pome. The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is a large evergreen shrub or tree, grown commercially for its orange fruit and for its leaves, which are used to make herbal tea. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant.