Question

Identify the characters of mustard, chili, cauliflower respectively.
(a) Inferior ovary, zygomorphic flowers, corymb
(b) Whorled phyllotaxy, unilocular ovary, production of flowers at the same node of the peduncle
(c) Hypogynous flower, unillocular ovary, corymb
(d) Axile placentation, tricarpellary gynoecium, sessile flowers

Answer 1

They belong to the families where the one family is having the swollen tilted placentation developed from the two locules while the other family has the characteristic of branches having flowers arranged at a common level.

Complete answer:
Mustard and the cauliflower belong to the family Brassicaceae which is also called a cabbage family. It has a characteristic feature of an inflorescence called corymbs which is the arrangement of the flowers on the pedicle in a fashion that the lower flowers are longer than the upper flowers to create a common level of arrangement. The characters of the mustard include herbaceous plants, bisexual, complete, and actinomorphic flowers having hypogynous ovary with a single ovary.
The characteristics of the cauliflower include the shrubs and herbaceous habitat, the leaves are sometimes present in rosettes as in cabbage, having corymb inflorescence with flowers arranged in a flat-topped appearance. The ovary of the cauliflower is made up of a single cavity which later divides into two to form a false septum. The ovary is unilocular and hypogynous. The edible part of cauliflower is its inflorescence which is the head region.
The characteristics of the chili are that it belongs to the family Solanaceae which is composed of a large number of vegetable crops, medicinal crops, ornaments, and spices. They are herbs, shrubs, or trees with petiolate leaves. The flowers are arranged in the cymose or axillary inflorescence with actinomorphic flowers. The ovary is superior and is developed from two locules. The chilies are called true berries but they are hollow from inside and do not have a fleshy middle part.
So, the correct answer is “(c)”.

Note: The mustard plant is used as a spice condiment as its seeds are used in the preparation of various food items. It belongs to the genera Brassica having several species according to the pace of their origin. The cauliflower belongs to the genus Brassica and species oleracea. The word cauliflower is derived from the Latin word caulis , meaning cabbage, and flos , meaning flower.