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Xenogamy

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Papaya plants exhibit xenogamy only. Why?

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Xenogamy is the type of pollination in which the transfer of pollen from one flower take place to the stigma of the flower on another plant. Papaya is a unisexual plant in which male and female flowers are present on different plants. Hence, the plant can exhibit xenogamy only.

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