Question

Is mango a monocot or dicot?

Answer 1

Monocot plants:

1. Monocotelydenous plants are ones having one cotyledon in a single seed.
2. These plants have reticulate venation in the leaves.
3. Examples of monocot plants are corn, sugarcane, and wheat.

Dicot plants:

1. Dicotyledonous plants have two cotyledons in a single seed.
2. These plants have parallel venation in the leaves.
3. Examples of dicot plants are tomato, pea, lettuce.

Mango as a dicot:

1. Mango is a dicot plant since each of its fruits has a single seed with two cotyledons.
2. These cotyledons are fleshy and store food.
3. The embryo is covered by a two-layered seed coat – inner tegmen attached to the hilum and the outer testa.
4. The leaves of the plant have parallel venation.