An aggregate fruit is one which develops from
- multicarpellary syncarpous gynoecium
- multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium
- complete inflorescence
- multicarpellary superior ovary.
Answer
(2) multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium
Solution
An aggregate fruit is a group of fruitlets (etaerio) formed from the free carpels of a single flower.
⇒ Free carpels mean a multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium (e.g. strawberry, custard apple, lotus).
⇒ A fruit from a whole inflorescence is a composite (multiple) fruit; a syncarpous gynoecium gives a simple fruit.
Answer: (2)