Question

Lady finger belongs to family
A) Malvaceae
B) Cucurbitaceae
C) Brassicaceae
D) Liliaceae

Answer 1

Hint: In this we are going to find from which family lady finger belongs. Okra or lady finger is a perennial plant that grows upto 2m tall. This plant is characterized by broad leaves 5-7 palmately lobed. The flowers have five white to yellow petals with a red or purple shot at its base of the petals. The fruit is a pentagonal capsule containing numerous seeds. So the correct answer is to include these characters in the option.

Complete Answer:
A. Malvaceae: The characteristic feature of family Malvaceae is monadelphous androecium. The flowers of Malvaceae are commonly borne in definite or indefinite axillary inflorescences, which are often reduced to a single flower. They can be unisexual or bisexual. The pistils, composed of two to many connate carpels. Flowers have nectaries. It is usually positioned on the sepals. Hence option A is correct.

B. Cucurbitaceae:The characteristic feature of family cucurbitaceae is Gourd family. The family of flowering plants contain several species of food and ornamental plants. Generally found in tropical regions. Members of this family are perennial or annual herbs. Hence option B is incorrect.

C. Brassicaceae:Brassicaceae, also known as a mustard family, is medium-sized. It is an economically important family of flowering plants. The flowers are actinomorphic, bisexual and tetramerous. The gynoecium is bicarpellary, syncarpous, ovary superior. Fruit is siliqua which is a type of capsule having two fused carpels. Hence option C is incorrect.

D. Liliaceae:Liliaceae or Lily family is a large and economically important family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. In Liliaceae, the flowers are actinomorphic, bisexual, trimerous. The ovary is tricarpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary, trilocular or unilocular with two ovules, axile placentation. Hence option D is incorrect.

Hence option A:Malvaceae is the correct answer.

Note: Abelmoschus esculentus is the botanical name for lady's finger. It can be classified by , kingdom-plantae, family-malvaceae, division-magnoliophyta, order-malvales.