Take one flower each of the families Fabaceae and write its semi-technical description. Also, draw its floral diagram.

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Vegetative Characters
Root:- taproot system with root nodules present.
Stem:-erect or climber.
Leaves:-alternate, pinnately compound or simple: leaf base, pulvinate; stipulate; reticulate venation.
Floral Characters
Inflorescence: the racemose inflorescence
Flower: bisexual, zygomorphic.
Calyx: sepals five, gamosepalous, imbricate aestivation.
Corolla:Petals five,polypetalous, papilonaceous, vexillary aestivation.
Androecium: stamens 10, diadelphous, anthers dithecous.
Gynoecium: monocarpellary; superior ovary, unilocular, placentation is marginal with many ovules.
Fruits: legume.
Seeds: Many, non-endospermic.
Floral formula:
Economic Importance:-
Medicinal plants:-Mulaithi.
Ornamentals:-lupin, sweet pea
Food plants:-all the pulses belongs to this family.
Edible oil:-Soybean, groundnut.
Fodder:-Sesbania, Trifolium.
Dye:-Indigofera.

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