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A non - biology person is quite shocked to know that apple is a false fruit mango is a ture fruit and banana is a seedles fruit .As a biology student how would you satisfy this person ?

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Fruits that are matured ovaries of flower are called true fruits and fruits that develop from other floral parts of plants are called false fruits
Example : The thalamus of an apple produces the fleshy edible part, thus apple is a flase fruit.Mango on the other hand ,develops from the ovary of the flower .It is a true fruit.Fruits that develop without fretillization are seedless. Banana is an example of a seedless fruit .
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