Morphology of Flowering PlantsHard

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Aggregate fruit develops from

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A.syncarpous ovary
B.multicarpellary, syncarpous ovary
C.unilocular ovary
D.multicarpellary, apocarpous ovary

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A muticarpellary overy may be syncarpous (when carples are fused ) or apocarpous (when the carpels are free). A syncarpous overy gives rise to a simple fruit while in an apocarpous ovary, each carpel changes into a fruitlet . The collection or aggregate of these fruitlets is know as etaerio.

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