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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI12047323

Megasporangium is equivalent to

  • embryo sac

  • fruit

  • nucellus

  • ovule

Solution

D.

ovule

An ovule or megasporangium generally has a single embryo sac formed from a megaspore through reduction division. It is a small structure attached to the placenta by means of a stalk called funicle.

Ovule  Megaspore Mother Cell (MMC) by meiosis  Megaspore

Each has one or two protective envelopes called integuments. Nucellus is a mass of cells enclosed with the integuments. Fruits develop from the ovary of flower, other floral parts degenerate and fall off.