Question
Biology Question on morphology of flowering plants
Bicarpellary gynoecium and oblique ovary occurs in
A
mustard
B
banana
C
Pisum
D
brinjal.
Answer
brinjal.
Explanation
Solution
Brinjal or Solanum melongena belongs to family solanaceae. The fruits are rich in iodine. They are used in the form of vegetable. Gynoecium is bicarpellary, syncarpous, forming a superior bilocular ovary. Each locule has many ovule on axile placentation. Members of solanaceae are characterised by the presence of an obliquely placed septum in the ovary and highly swollen placentae. The oblique septum is probably due to shifting in the position of the ovary. Fig.: Floral diagram of Solatium nigrum.