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Datura belongs to the family Solanaceae because it has
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The correct option is D Oblique ovary
The genus Datura with its nine species are a group of poisonous plants, especially their seeds and flowers. Being herbaceous leafy annuals and short-lived perennials, their fruit are spiny capsule that splits open when mature to release numerous seeds. This plant is placed under the family Solanaceae because it shows the characteristics of a the family with a solitary flower with five fused sepals and petals, superior ovary with two fused carpels and obliquely placed in the flower.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.
The genus Datura with its nine species are a group of poisonous plants, especially their seeds and flowers. Being herbaceous leafy annuals and short-lived perennials, their fruit are spiny capsule that splits open when mature to release numerous seeds. This plant is placed under the family Solanaceae because it shows the characteristics of a the family with a solitary flower with five fused sepals and petals, superior ovary with two fused carpels and obliquely placed in the flower.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.
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