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For example, jasmine, rose, lavender, etc.
v Flowers are used in aroma therapy for
curing many diseases.
v Flowers are also used for decora on
purpose at various occasions.
v Dry flower buds such as, clove and
saffron are used as spices in our food.
Cucurtbits Flower
Bisexual Flower
A bisexual flower is a flower that contains
both male flowers and female buds. The
male flower can be iden fied as a small ball
on the end of a string, un l it opens up into
Clove Saffron
a small yellow flower. The female bud can
v Flowers contain nectar which a ract be iden fied first as a small white hair
honeybees. Honeybees collect nectar inside of a crystal covered pis l. When both
from flowers and make honey. of these characteris cs are iden fied on a
single plant, that plant is known to have
bisexual flower. For example, pea, china
rose, co on, etc.
Honeybee Beehive
Types of Flowers
On the basis of sexual reproduc on, flowers Bisexual Flowers
are of two types–unisexual flowers and THE FRUITS
bisexual flowers.
Fruit is found on all angiosperm plants and
Unisexual Flower produced the pollina on of flowers. They
In many flowers, only one of the essen al come in a huge variety of colours, shapes
whorls is found, such flowers are called and sizes and only a ny frac on of all fruits
unisexual flowers. For example, cucurbits, is commonly eaten by humans. They are the
mulberry, etc. In most flowers, all the four product of swollen ovaries and other floral
whorls are found, such flowers are called parts inside which the seeds of the plant is
complete flowers. For example, co on, grown and stored. Fruits can be fleshy, such
china rose etc. If anyone of the whorls is as apples and peaches or they can be dry
absent from a flower, it is called an fruits such as beans, acorns and walnuts.
incomplete flower.
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