Class 11 NEET Biology Morphology Of Flowering Plants Questions Part 1

(d) : Brinjal or Solanum melongena belongs to family solanaceae. The fruits are rich in iodine. They are used in the form of vegetable. Gynoecium is bicarpellary, syncarpous, forming a superior bilocular Each locule has many ovule on axile placentation. Members of Solanaceae are characterised by the presence of an obliquely placed septum in the ovary and highly swollen placentae. The oblique septum is probably due to shifting in the position of the ovary.