The main edible part of coconut fruit is

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The main edible part of coconut fruit is (A) endosperm. (B) mesocarp. (C) endocarp. (D) epicarp.

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Coconut is a type of drupe fruit. In drupe the fibrous part is mesocarp and the stony part is the endocarp. The edible part of the coconut is the seed or the endosperm which is cellular and white in a mature coconut. It is nuclear in green coconut water.

Q. The main edible part of coconut fruit is

endosperm.

mesocarp.

endocarp.

epicarp.

Coconut is a type of drupe fruit. In drupe the fibrous part is mesocarp and the stony part is the endocarp. The edible part of the coconut is the seed or the endosperm which is cellular and white in a mature coconut. It is nuclear in green coconut water.