Q. Sycons fruit develops from which of the following inflorescence ?

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Solution:

Hypanthodium is a inflorescence which has a flask-shaped fleshy receptacle. Internally the receptacle bears male flowers towards pore, female flowers towards base and sterile female between the two e.g., Ficus.
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Composite or multiple fruits are developed from entire inflorescence like syconus fruit develops from hypanthodium inflorescence as in Ficus.
Sorosis is a multiple fruit which develops from catkin or spike inflorescence as in Pineapple.
Verticillaster is a modified dichasial cyme tyep of inflorescence e.g., Ocimum.
Cyathium consist of an involucre of five fused bracts that encloses a central achlamydeous pedicellate tricarpellary syncarpous female flowers surrounded by a number of centrifugally arranged scorpioid groups of achlamydeous pedicellate unistaminate male flowers e.g., Euphorbia.
Raceme unbranched, elongated peduncle bearing pedicellate flowers acropetally e.g., Delphinium, Raphanus.