NEET 2023 · Class 11

Morphology of Flowering Plants

In Calotropis, aestivation is :

  1. (A)Valvate
  2. (B)Vexillary
  3. (C)Imbricate
  4. (D)Twisted

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

When sepals or petals in a whorl just touch one another at the margin, without overlapping, as in *Calotropis*, it is said to be **valvate**.

Chapter
Morphology of Flowering Plants
Section
5.5 THE FLOWER
Page
9
Words matched
25 of 25

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that in Calotropis, aestivation is valvate, which directly answers the MCQ and distinguishes it from other options.

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