Question

In botany, strawberries are part of rose family. True or false?

Answer 1

Hint: Rosaceae is the rose family which comprises of both economically important plants as well as the ornamental plants. The species of this family comprises of mainly medium sized flowering plants including herbs, shrubs and trees. The fruits of this family are mostly edible and can be capsules, nuts, drupes, follicles, pome or accessory fruits.

Complete answer:
Strawberries are the edible fruit which is a cluster of fruit developed from a single flower. The strawberries belong to the genus Fragaria which has more than 20 species of flowering plants.

Characteristics of Strawberry plant-
The plant is herbaceous which comprises of fibrous root system. The flowers are mainly white in colour which are actinomorphic and hermaphrodite (characteristics of the rose family)and arise in small clusters on the stalk. The plant is a creeper with compound leaves.

The fruit of strawberry is an accessory fruit not a berry. The flesh of the fruit is mainly an enlarged receptacle developed from a single flower containing more than one ovary which contains many fruits containing several seeds.

The rose family comprises of six economically important family which includes apples, prunes, pear, cherries, plums, raspberries, strawberries, almonds etc.

The genus Fragaria belongs to rose family hence the answer is True.

Note: The strawberry is an example of a false fruit as the fruit is produced from some other part that is the receptacle along with the ovary. The other example of false fruit are apple, banana etc. The true fruit is one which is obtained from the fertilised ovary. Example fig, grapes.