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Q.Name the parts of pistil which develop into fruits and seeds.

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The ovary develops into the fruit, while the ovule(s) within it develop into the seed(s).

After fertilization, the ovary wall (pericarp) enlarges and differentiates to become the fruit, while each fertilized ovule inside the ovary develops into a seed, its integuments becoming the seed coat and its fertilized egg developing into the embryo. So of the pistil's three main parts (stigma, style, ovary), it is specifically the ovary (via its enclosed ovules) that gives rise to both the fruit and the seeds. …

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