Question

Identify the family which shows the following diagnostic features.
Flowers pentamerous, gynoecium-bicarpellary, syncarpous, ovary placed obliquely, placentation axile, placenta swollen.

• A. Solanaceae
• B. Leguminosae
• C. Papilimonaceae
• D. Liliaceae

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Solanaceae

Members of family Solanaceae have the following characteristics,

The flowers are complete, actinimorphic

floral members in the multiple of 5, except gynoecium that has 2 carpels

Petals are fused, stamens are five and epipetalous. Ovary is placed obliquely, is bicarpellate, superior, syncarpous, with ovules on axile placentation.

The calyx is persistant.

Example, Tomato, potato, chilles.

So, the correct answer is 'Solanaceae'