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A gynoecium whose pistils are free from one another is called what?
AApocarpous
BSyncarpous
CMultilocular
DMonocarpellary
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Apocarpous
Free pistils make a gynoecium apocarpous, as in Michelia, whereas fused pistils make it syncarpous.
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