NEET Biology Morphology Of Flowering Plants Based Practice Questions & Answers with Viewers Discussion and Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Racemose inflorescence is also called indefinite and indeterminate type. Growth of the peduncle is indefinite. Here the terminal bud will not modify into a flower. Flowers develop in acropetal succession i.e., mature flowers are towards the base and the younger ones towards the tip of the peduncle. Flowers open in centripetal succession i.e., opening of flowers proceeds from the periphery to the centre of the inflorescence. Peduncle may be unbranched or branched. Soybean belongs to family Fabaceae which has racemose inflorescence.