Juicy hair ­like structures observed in the lemon fruit develop from

Explanation

(c): Lemon is a hesperidium type of fruit. It is many chambered fleshy fruit developing from a multi carpellary, syncarpous, multilocular, superior ovary bearing seeds on axile placentation. The leathery epicarp of hesperidium has many glands of aromatic oil. The mesocarp, represented by white fibers, is fused to the epicarp. The epicarp and mesocarp together form the rind. The endocarp is thin and papery. It projects inwards and forms manycompartments. The inner wall of the endocarp gives out manyjuicysucculent hairs which form the edible part of the fruit. Hesperidium is a characteristic fruit of the rutaceae; e.g., Citrus aurantifolia (lemon), Citrus reticulata (orange). etc