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Agriculture · Q201

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 201

Q201

Fruit type of sunflower is

A.
Capsule
B.
Nut
C.
Siliqua
D.
Cypsela
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The fruit type of sunflower is Cypsela.
Cypsela is a dry single-seeded fruit formed from a double ovary of which only one develops into a seed, as in the daisy family.
The term "sunflower seed" is a misnomer when applied to the seed in its pericarp (hull). Botanically speaking, it is a cypsela. When dehulled, the edible remainder is called the sunflower kernel or heart.