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Q9   Take one flower each of the families Fabaceae and Solanaceae and write its semi-technical description. Also draw their floral diagram after studying them.

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Family Fabaceae: The family Fabaceae belongs to the Leguminosae family. It consists of Taproots. The inflorescence is racemose type. Its flowers are bisexual and zygomorphic. They consist of five petals and five sepals. They are leguminous plants. The number of sepals is five in number. The sepals are joined to each other. The flowers grow well in shades. Example- Pea plant

Floral diagram:

Floral Diagram

Family Solanaceae- The herbaceous, upright vine Solanum nigrum has reticulate leaf venation and no stipules. In order to create the upright habit, the stem is additionally branched. This plant produces actinomorphic, bisexual flowers in solitary, axillary inflorescences. Five persistent conjoined sepals with valvate aestivation make up the calyx, while five petals with valvate aestivation make up the corolla. It has an androecium made up of five epipetalous stamens. The gynoecium is a bi-carpellary syncarpous superior ovary with axile placentation. The seed is endospermous, while the fruit is a berry. There are numerous medicinal applications for Solanum nigrum.

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