Question

Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunnhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, Petunia, tomato, rose, Withania, potato, onion, aloe, and tulip how many plants have a hypogynous flower?

• A. Six
• B. Ten
• C. Fifteen
• D. Eighteen

Answer 1

The correct option is C Fifteen

Flowers belonging to the following families have hypogynous flower, wherein the ovary is superior:

- Cruciferae (mustard)

- Solanaceae (brinjal, chilli, petunia, potato, tomato, withania)

- Fabaceae (lupin, gram, sunhemp and bean)

- Liliaceae (onion, aloe, tulip)

- Malvaceae (china rose)

Hence, the correct answer is 'Fifteen'