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Morphology Of Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI11003016

Epigynous flowers are present in

  • Mustad

  • Brinjal

  • China rose

  • Cucumber

Solution

D.

Cucumber

In the epigynous type of flowers, the thalamus enclosed the ovary entirely and fuses. The sepals, petals and stamens arise from the top of the ovary. Such flowers are known as epigynous and ovary as inferior, e.g., Oenothera, Cucurbita.