Cucumber is an example of which condition

• A. Bracts
• B. Hypogynous
• C. Perigynous
• D. Epigynous

Answer: (D)

This item is about the position of the ovary relative to the other floral parts. When the ovary is inferior, the sepals, petals, and stamens appear to arise from above the ovary, and the ovary sits below them. Cucumber has an inferior ovary, so it exhibits the epigynous condition. In this arrangement, the fruit develops from the ovary beneath the floral parts, which is why cucumber flowers are described as epigynous. The other terms describe different placements: hypogynous would have the ovary above the point where the other parts attach, and perigynous involves a cup-like hypanthium around a superior ovary—neither fits cucumber as well as epigynous does.