Question

The inflorescence in which-of the following plants is dichasial cyme

• A. Mustard
• B. Banana
• C. Coriander
• D. Jasmine

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Jasmine

• An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of the main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches.
• Cyme is an arrangement of flower cluster with a central stem bearing a single terminal flower that develops first and the other flowers in the cluster developing as terminal buds of lateral stems.
• A dichasial cyme is a determinate inflorescence in which the growth of the central axis is terminated by a flower that opens first and each pair of branches subtending this flower then is terminated by a single flower.
  
• In Jasmine flower, the flowers are borne in cymose clusters with a minimum of three flowers, though they can also be solitary on the ends of branchlets (i.e. shows dichasial cyme).

So the correct option is 'jasmine'.