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EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2003

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    Botanist collected some fruits with hook-like spines and when the seeds of the same have been germinated, they turned out to be Asteraceous laxa, bearing asepalous and wind pollinated flowers. The fruits he collected were of :

    A)  Xathium struinarium     

    B)  Lactuca sativa

    C)  Carthamus tinctorius    

    D)  Sphaeranthus indica

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Xanthium strumarium belongs to family Asteraceae or Compositae. Development of hook spines on the fruiting receptacle in Xanthium   strumarium favour their distribution by birds and animals.


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