BIOLOGY
JAMB 2012 - Question 23
Biology 2012 JAMB Past Questions - Question 23: An example of a fruit that develops from a single carpel is
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap .
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Correct Answer
C
Explanation
The examples are bean, pride of barbados, mango, flamboyant fruits etc. These fruits are formed from oi ie flower with one carpel (ie.single or monocarpous ovary). A carpel is composed of a stigma, a style and an ovary. Fruits like orange, tomato, okro etc are -formed from several fused carpels ie. syncarpousor several fused ovaries.

