Question

Banyan is a monocarpic plant.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B

False

Monocarpic plant flowers and produces fruit only once in their lifetime, whereas polycarpic plants produce flowers and fruits many times in their lifetime. Banyan is a perennial plant which lives for hundreds of years . During its long life span, it flowers once every year and therefore is polycarpic plant.