Placentation in tomato and lemon is

Options

A. Parietal
B. Free central
C. Marginal
D. Axile

Answer

D

Explanation

Lemon or citrus (family rutaceae), tomato or lycopersicon (family solanaceae), china rose or hibiscus (malvaceae) etc. has axile placentation. It occurs in multi carpellary syncarpous ovary. Inward growth of margins of carpels forms a multicarpellary condition which contain as axis in the centre.