What is a bisexual flower? Collect five bisexual flowers from your neighbourhood and with the help of your teacher find out their common and scientific names.

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Solution

A flower that contains both the male and female reproductive structure (stamen and pistil) is called a bisexual flower.

Examples of plants bearing bisexual flowers are:
(1) Water lily (Nymphaea odorata)
(2) Rose (Rosa multiflora)
(3) Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis )
(4) Mustard ( Brassica nigra)
(5) Petunia (Petunia hybrida)

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What is a bisexual flower? Collect five bisexual flowers from your neighborhood and with the help of your teacher find out their common and scientific names.

Q. Assertion(A): Bisexual flowers undergo both self and cross pollination.

Reason(R): Bisexual flowers contain both stamen and pistil in their flowers.

Q. What are unisexual and bisexual flowers with example?

Q. List down five plants that bare
•Unisexual flowers
•Bisexual flowers

Q. Statement 1: Bisexual flowers contain both stamen and pistil in their flowers.

Statement 2: Bisexual flowers can undergo both self-pollination and cross-pollination.

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