Biology PYQ 36 of 227 · Plant Tissues & Anatomy

The part which we eat in Mango is:

  1. AEpicarp
  2. BMesocarp
  3. CEndocarp
  4. DNone of the above

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Correct answer: (b) Mesocarp

Explanation

A mango is a drupe, whose fruit wall (pericarp) has three layers: epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp.

The mesocarp is the thick, fleshy, juicy middle layer that we actually eat.

The epicarp is the outer skin and the endocarp is the hard stony layer around the seed, so neither is eaten.

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