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Morphology Of Flowering Plants

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A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence is called

  • hesperidium 

  • sorosis

  • syconus

  • caryopsis

Solution

C.

syconus

Syconus fruit develops from the hypanthodium inflorescence, eg, Ficus carica, F. religiosa, F. benghalensis. The flask-shaped receptacle encloses female flowers that give rise to achene-like fruitless. This fruit possesses a small pore protected by scaly leaves. The receptacle that becomes fleshy is edible.

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