Biology 2007 JAMB Past Questions - Question 27: Pineapple is an example of

Correct Answer

C

Explanation

C Pineapple and bread fruit are examples c compound, composite or multiple false fruit formed from an inflorescence i.e many flowers clustered together. Each flower forms a part of the fruit while the peduncle or stalk of the in florescence also forms part of the fruit. An aggregate form is a true fruit formed from a single flower with several free carpels or apocarpous pistil - e.g kolanut, strawberry and raspberry. A simple fruit is one that develops from a flower with one carpels (monocarpous) or several free carpels (syncarpous). A dehiscent fruit is a fruit in which the pericarp (fruit wall) splits open to release the seeds when the fruit is ripe.