A true fruit develops from

Source: JAMB · 2024

A true fruit develops from

  1. fertilized ovary ✓
  2. ovary and ovule
  3. the ovule only
  4. the flower only
Explanation

A true fruit forms from the fertilized ovary of a flower alone. After fertilization, the ovary wall becomes the fruit wall and the ovules become seeds. Mango and orange are examples.

The ovule alone becomes the seed, not the fruit. The flower alone is too wide an answer. Fruits that form from other parts, such as the receptacle in apple, are called false fruits.

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