Question

Milk of tender coconut represents $(i)$ and the surrounding white coconut meal represents $(ii)$.

	(i)	(ii)
(a)	cellular endosperm	free-nuclear endosperm
(b)	free-nuclear endosperm	cellular endosperm
(c)	helobial endosperm	cellular endosperm
(d)	free-nuclear endosperm	helobial endosperm

• A. a
• B. b
• C. c
• D. d

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

In coconut (Cocos nucifera), the surrounding white kernel called coconut meal is cellular endosperm and the coconut water (also called coconut milk) in the centre is free nuclear endosperm made up of thousands of nuclei.