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Placentation in tomato and lemon is
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Options:
  • A parietal
  • B free central
  • C marginal
  • D axile
Solution:
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The correct answer is: axile
Lemon or Citrus (Family-Rutaceae), tamato or Lycopersicon sp. (Family-Solanaceae), China rose or Hibiscus (Family Malvaceae) etc. have axile placentation. It occurs in multicarpellary, syncarpous ovary. Inward growth of margins of carpels forms a multicarpellary condition which contains an axis in the centre. Placentae arise from this central axis which bear ovules.

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