MCQ
Vivipary means
  • A
    Fruits are not formed
  • Germination of seed on mother plant
  • C
    Formation of fruits directly by embryo
  • D
    Production of fruitless plant

Answer

Correct option: B.
Germination of seed on mother plant
b
(b) Vivipary is germination of seeds with in fruit $(in\, situ)$ while attached to the parent plant.

Hypocotyl elongates and pushes the radicle but the seed and fruit hangs like Damocle's sword from the tree.

It is found in mangroves (e.g., $Rhizophora, Sonneratia$).

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