The fruit is chambered, developed from inferior ovary and has seeds with succulent testa in
- guava
- cucumber
- pomegranate
- orange
Answer
(3) pomegranate
Solution
Pomegranate fruit (balausta) develops from a multicarpellary, syncarpous, inferior ovary and is divided into many chambers.
⇒ The edible part of pomegranate is the juicy, succulent outer seed coat (testa) of the seeds.
∵ Guava and cucumber are not chambered fruits with succulent testa, and orange (hesperidium) develops from a superior ovary with juicy hairs as the edible part,
∴ the fruit described is pomegranate.
Answer: (3)