Multiple choice

A fruit developing from multiple carpels is

  1. A schizocarp

  2. A silique

  3. An achene

  4. A berry
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Explanation

A schizocarp is a dry fruit that develops from multiple carpels. When mature it splits up into mericarps. Mericarps are often 1-seeded as in, for example, Malva, Malvastrum, and Sida. In others, for example, in Abutilon, the mericarps have two or more seeds.

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