Question

Describe Ricinus communis in technical terms. Draw floral diagram and write floral formula of any one flower.

Answer 1

Ricinus communis

$Habit:$ shrubs or trees

$Root:$ tap root system

$Stem:$ Herbaceous or woody, erect and hollow

$leaf:$ alternate, deeply incised

$Inflorescence:$ terminal raceme

$Maleflower:$ five stamens are present, each stamen is profusely branched

$Femaleflower:$ Three carpels (tricarpellary), syncarpous; the ovary is trilocular, superior. Each locule contains one or two pendulous, anatropous ovules. The placenation is axile