Draw a neat and labeled diagram showing longitudinal section of a bisexual flower.

The answer is given below:



Stamen and carpels are the reproductive parts of a flower.


Stamen: It is the male reproductive part of the flower.


Anther: It is bilobed structure containing two pollen sacs present at tips of stamen. These produces pollen grains that are yellowish in colour.


Carpel: It is the female reproductive part, which is present in the flower center.


Stigma: it is terminal part of carpel which may be sticky. It helps in receiving the pollen grains during pollination.


Style: it is the middle elongated part of the carpel. It helps in the attachment of stigma to the ovary.


Ovary: It is the swollen bottom part of carpel. It contain ovules having an egg cell.


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