An aggregate fruit is one which developed from
- Multicarpellary syncarpous gynoecium
- Multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium
- Complete inflorescence
- Multicarpellary superior ovary
Solution
The aggregate fruits develop from multicarpellary apocarpous ovary. These fruits form an aggregate (also called etario) of fruitlets. Few examples are as follows -
Etario of follicles - Calotropis, Consolida.
Etario of achenes - Rose, Clematis
Etario of drupes - Raspberry,
Etario of berries - Custard apple (Anona squamosa)
Asked in: NEET 2014
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