Litchi is a nut type simple fruit. When a single fruit develops from a single ovary of a single flower, it is called a simple fruit. An aril which is a specialized outgrowth from a seed that partly or completely covers the seed is the edible part of litchi.
Which of the following represents the edible part of the fruit of litchi?
NEET UG 2005 — Botany Morphology of Flowering Plants
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Which of the following represents the edible part of the fruit of litchi?
Official previous-year question
Held on 30 Apr 2005 · Verified 9 Jul 2026.
Options
- A
mesocarp
- B
endocarp
- C
pericarp
- D
juicy aril.
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