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Morphology Of Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI11001927

Omprakash used to go to vegetable market with his grandfather, a retired biology teacher.

Grandfather told Omprakash that chilies, brinjal and tomato belong to the same family of plants and asked him to find out similarity in these plants. Read the above passage and answer the following questions:-

I. Identify the family to which these plants belong.

II. What are the characteristic features of the family?

 

Solution

i. Solanaceae

ii. Persistent Calyx, Obliquely Placed Ovary and Swollen Placenta