Which of the following plants is monoecious?
- Cycas circinalis
- Carica papaya
- Chara
- Marchantia polymorpha
Answer
(3) Chara
Solution
As per NCERT, a plant bearing both male and female sex organs on the same individual is monoecious (homothallic); one bearing them on separate individuals is dioecious (heterothallic).
Chara bears both the male sex organ (globule) and the female sex organ (oogonium) on the same plant, so it is monoecious.
Cycas circinalis, Carica papaya and Marchantia polymorpha are dioecious.
Answer: (3)