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Bicarpellary gynoecium and oblique ovary occurs in
- mustard
- banana
- Pisum
- brinjal
Answer
(4) brinjal
Solution
As per NCERT, in family Solanaceae the gynoecium is bicarpellary, obliquely placed, syncarpous; ovary superior, bilocular, placenta swollen with many ovules.
Brinjal ( Solanum melongena) belongs to Solanaceae.
Mustard (Brassicaceae) has a bicarpellary ovary but it is not oblique; Pisum (Fabaceae) is monocarpellary; banana (Musaceae) is tricarpellary.
∴ Bicarpellary gynoecium with oblique ovary occurs in brinjal.
Answer: (4)
AIPMT 2001