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? III. What value is reflected in grandfather’s behavior?
Dear student,
1) The plants belong to family Solanaceae.
2) Characteristic feature of the family -
- Herbaceous or underground stem,
- Alternate, opposite leaves,
- Actinomorphic and monoecious flower,
- persistent calyx,
- Hypogynous ovary,
- Obliquely placed swollen placenta.
3) The grandfather is well educated and trying to give knowledge about his subject. he is a nature lover and keen observer.
Regards.
1) The plants belong to family Solanaceae.
2) Characteristic feature of the family -
- Herbaceous or underground stem,
- Alternate, opposite leaves,
- Actinomorphic and monoecious flower,
- persistent calyx,
- Hypogynous ovary,
- Obliquely placed swollen placenta.
3) The grandfather is well educated and trying to give knowledge about his subject. he is a nature lover and keen observer.
Regards.