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Fruit of portulaca (a summer leafy vegetable crop) is

A. Capsule

B. Berry

C. Silique

D. Pepo

Answer: Option A

Solution (By Examveda Team)

The fruit of portulaca (a summer leafy vegetable crop) is a capsule.
It is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae.
The plant may reach 40 centimeters in height. It has smooth, reddish, mostly prostrate stems, and the leaves, which may be alternate or opposite, are clustered at stem joints and ends.
The yellow flowers have five regular parts and are up to 6 millimetres wide. The fruits are many-seeded capsules. The seed set is considerable; one plant can develop up to 1,93,000 seeds.

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