Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunnhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, petunia, tomato, rose, withania,…

Among bitter gourd, mustard, brinjal, pumpkin, china rose, lupin, cucumber, sunnhemp, gram, guava, bean, chilli, plum, petunia, tomato, rose, withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip how many plants have hypogynous flower?
A Eighteen
B Six
C Ten
D Fifteen

Detailed Solution

Hypogynous (superior ovary): mustard, brinjal, china rose, lupin, sunnhemp, gram, bean, chilli, petunia, tomato, withania, potato, onion, aloe and tulip — fifteen plants.
Bitter gourd, pumpkin, cucumber and guava are epigynous; plum and rose are perigynous.

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