Read the following properties. Which of these are seen in mango as well as coconut?

I. The fruit is called a drupe.
II. The fruit is developed from superior ovaries.
III. The fruit is one-seeded.
IV. The middle layer of the fruit wall is edible.

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In mango and coconut, the fruit is known as a drupe. They develop from monocarpellary superior ovaries and are one-seeded. In mango, the pericarp is well-differentiated into an outer thin epicarp, a middle fleshy edible mesocarp and an inner stony hard endocarp. In coconut, which is also a drupe, the mesocarp is fibrous.

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