Q.Which of the following is a polycarpic plant?

Step 1. A perennial plant that flowers and sets fruit every year, repeatedly over many seasons, is called polycarpic. The chapter's examples are mango (Mangifera) and sapota.

Step 2. A perennial plant that flowers and fruits only once, after several years of purely vegetative growth, and then dies is called monocarpic. The chapter's examples are Bamboo (Bambusa), Agave, Musa (banana) and Talipot palm.

Step 3. Checking each option against this rule: Mangifera (mango) fruits every year - polycarpic. Bambusa (bamboo), Musa (banana) and Agave all flower and fruit once in their lifetime and then die - monocarpic.

Match each named plant against the chapter's explicit polycarpic vs monocarpic examples.

• Confusing 'perennial' with 'polycarpic' - all four options are perennial, but only mango flowers and fruits repeatedly.
• Assuming a long-lived plant like bamboo must be polycarpic, when it is in fact a classic monocarpic example.