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State whether the following statement is true or false.
Papaya is a bisexual flower.

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FALSE, because Papayas are dioecious or unisexual. The male flowers with the stamens fused to the petals. The female flowers have a superior ovary and five contorted petals loosely connected at the base. Male and female flowers are borne in the leaf axils, the males in multiflowered dichasia, the female flowers are few-flowered dichasia.

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