Q.

Placentation in which ovules develop on the inner wall of the ovary or in the peripheral part, is                    [2019]

1

free central

 

2

basal

 

3

axile

 

4

parietal

 


Ans.

(4)

Parietal placentation is found in a compound or syncarpous ovary. There are two or more longitudinal placentae or files of ovules attached to the ovary wall. The ovary is usually unilocular but becomes falsely two or more locular due to the ingrowth of placentae or formation of false septa.