Question

Apocarpous condition is found in:​

Answer 1

Answer:

Apocarpous gynoecium means the presence of more than one carpel and the carpels are separate or unfused. It is a primitive condition. The examples of Apocarpous gynoecium include -Strawberry and Buttercup.

Answer 2

Answer:

When there are several carpels, they may be free (as in the lotus and rose) and are referred to as apocarpous. When carpels merge, as in mustard, chilies, and tomatoes, they are known as syncarpous.

Explanation:

• Apocarpous on the other hand have several carpels but do not reject into syncarpous. as in lotus
• Flowers that were present in apocarpous structures had many free ovaries and were invariably unilocular.
• On the maturity stage, Apocarpous ovaries produce fruitlet aggregation, whereas Syncarpous ovaries produce simply a simple fruit.
• All of the carpels in the free stage are present in the apocarpous gynoecium, but those in the syncarpous gynoecium are joined.
• If there are several carpels present, the fruit aggregates in the apocarpous gynoecium.
• Apocarpous blooms have several carpels, while syncarpous ovaries likewise have multiple carpels that have rejected entry into the apocarpous ovary.

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