Q. In China rose, five carpels are fused at base. This condition is called
A) Pentacarpellary, syncarpous and pentalocular
B) Pentacarpellary, apocarpous and pentalocular
C) Polycarpellary, syncarpous and pentalocular
D) Pentacarpellary, syncarpous and multilocular
Explanation
In china rose (Hibiscus rosa sinensis), gynoecium is pentacarpellary, syncarpous, pentalocular, ovary superior, axile placentation, two ovules in each locule, style passes through staminal tube branching into five branches, each ending into a prominent scarlet red knob-like stigma.
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