Gynoecium of fabaceae is
Bicarpellary syncarpous
Polycarpellary apocarpous
Polycarpellary syncarpous
Monocarpellary
Description of Some Important Families: Fabaceae
This family was earlier called Papilionoideae, a subfamily of family Leguminosae. It is distributed all over the world
Economic Importance:
- Source of pulses (gram, arhar, sem, moong, soyabean)
- Source of oil (soybean, groundnut)
- Dye (Indigofera)
- Fibres (sun hemp)
- Fodder (Sesbania, Trifolium)
- Ornamentals (Lupin, Sweet pea)
- Medicine
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Gynoecium of fabaceae: ovary superior, mono carpellary, unilocular with many ovules, style single