Below are diagram of simple succulent fruits. Study them carefully and use them to answer the questions that follow.

      

Below are diagram of simple succulent fruits. Study them carefully and use them to answer the questions that follow.
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a) What type of simple succulent fruit is :
i) Fruit A
ii) Fruit B .
b) Give reasons for your answers in 1(a) above.
i) Reasons for fruit A
ii) Reasons for fruit B
c) State the type of placentation found in :
i) Fruit A
ii) Fruit B.
d) With a reason state the mode of dispersal for fruit A
i) Mode of dispersal.
ii) Reason

  

Answers


sharon
a) i) Berry ii) Drupe
b) i) - has thin epicarp / exocarp;
- has fleshy epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp
ii) - has thin epicarp;
- has fleshy epicarp and mesocarp and a hard endocarp
c) i) Axile / central placentation;
ii) Basal placentation;
d) i) Animals;
ii) Endosperm contains juice sac which contains a sweet juice to attract animals / develops an attractive colour on the epicarp when ripe to attract animals / has seeds with very hard and slippery seed coats to protect then against digestive enzymes of the animal
sharon kalunda answered the question on September 18, 2019 at 13:40


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