NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
What structure attaches the ovule to the placenta?
Options
- AHilum
- BFunicle
- CMicropyle
- DChalaza
Correct answer
B. Funicle
Step-by-step solution
The style is the elongated slender part beneath the stigma. The basal bulged part of the pistil is the ovary. Inside the ovary is the ovarian cavity (locule). The placenta is located inside the ovarian cavity. Recall the definition and types of placentation that you studied in Arising from the placenta are the megasporangia, commonly called ovules. The number of ovules in an ovary may be one (wheat, paddy, mango) to many (papaya, water melon, orchids). The Megasporangium (Ovule) : Let us familiarise ourselves with