Brinjal Flower Morphology

Solitary or clustering nature of inflorescence is a varietal character. Floral diagrams are credited to A.

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Results of this study showed that eggplant produces flowers singly or in inflorescences as has been described earlier by Hepper 1987 and Som and Maity 1986.

Brinjal flower morphology. Mainly found in legumes seeds. In other words style lengths longer than the. The axis of the stem gets condensed while the internodes lie near each other.

Flower is complete actinomorphic and hermaphrodite. Petals usually brightly coloured to attract insects for pollination. Eichler inspired later generation of scientists including John Henry Schaffner.

It is characterized by a bush indeterminate erect plant attaining a height of 05- 15 m. In this case the ovary is said to be superior eg. It has racemose inflorescence.

The apex produces different kinds of floral appendages laterally at successive nodes of the leaves. Flower is bisexual and zygomorphic. A Pea b Lemon c Brinjal d Cucumber.

Furthermore the flower type in an individual plant varies between accessions. Consider the following statements regarding aerial modifications of stem. Flowers have 4 sepals 4 petals 6 stamens Tetradynamous.

Stamens may be epipetalous attach to petals Ex Brinjal Datura or epiphyllous attach to perianth tepals are united. Axilary and Terminal buds are modified into thorns in lemon pomegranate and karonda. The brinjal is a much branched perennial usually grown as an annual under cultivation.

Of brinjal flowers. Calyx is five lobed gamosepalous and persistent. Parts of flower The terminal end is swollen and represents floral axis called Thalamus From each node of thalamus a whorl of leaves is produced Flower has 4 circles of modified leaves called flora whorls Calyx Corolla Androecium Gynoecium.

Inflorescence with mostly 36 flowers corolla 2030 mm wide light purple to white and berry 115 cm long yellow vs. Flowers are actinomorphic hypogynous hermaphrodite with pistil surrounded by the stamens. Androceium is ten diadelphous anther dithecous.

More often eggplant produces flowers both singly and in inflorescences 803 in the same plant while the. Morphology Of Flowering Plants Important Questions Answer Key. Stamens are male organs and produce pollen grains.

Inflorescence is often solitary but sometimes it constitutes a cluster of 2-5 flowers. The flowers are flat and usually five-lobed although some male flowers are four-lobed and varied from a deep violet to pale purple in both taxa. It forms a many branched plant with leaves and stems that have star-shaped stellate hair and stems.

Mustard China rose brinjal etc. Quite obviously ovary diameter and weight were much higher in the long styled flowers than the rest. Flower morphology of wild and cultivated brinjal.

35 Which of these is an example for a zygomorphic flower with diadelphous stamens and marginal placentation. Brinjal Solanum melongena L is an important solanaceous vegetable in many countries of Asia and AfricaIt is a good source of minerals and vitamins in the tropical diets. Inflorescence is 1-2m long while pedicel attains 15-20cm length.

When the ovary occupies the highest position and other floral parts are below it the flower is called hypogynous. Eggplant a warm-season vegetable belongs to the nightshade family. Flowers borne in raceme on the main stem and its axillary branches.

Tendrils help plants to climb as seen in passion flower and Vitis. The given floral diagram is of family Fabaceae. Therefore the flower can be said to be a flower.

The textual floral formulae and pictorial floral diagrams. Sepals green in colour leaf like whorl. Melongena with the inflorescence with 1-3 flowers corolla 3050 mm wide purple to light purple and berry 530 cm long black purple pink brown yellow or white.

Plant Morphology Types of Flower Based on Position of Ovary Hypogynous Flower. Calyx has five sepals. Brinjal is an annual herbaceous plant.

Eichler his extensive work Blüthendiagramme 1875 1878 remains a valuable source of information on floral morphology. Prickles develop superficially at the surface of the stem and are distributed irregularly as in rose and plum. White or pinkish in colourdepending on the cultivars.

The leaves are large and alternate on the stem and are more or less oval in. Heterostyly in brinjal determines and facilitates self or cross-pollination and subsequent fruit set. In the 19th century two contrasting methods of describing the flower were introduced.

Corolla has five petals. Gynoecium has ovary superior mono carpellary is unilocular with many ovules. Assessment of genetic resources is the starting point of any crop improvement programme.

Long and peristyly conditions set fruits. 36 Keel is the characteristic feature of flower of. Instead of leaves various floral appendages arise from the node.

And some plants develop spines. The flower with the stalk is called pedicellate or stalked flower Flower without stalk- non pedicellate or sessile 9. A Aloe b Tomato c Tulip d Indigofera.

Wild and cultivated brinjal have gamopetalous flowers fused petals produced singly or in small clusters of 24 flowers at the apex of stems Figs. Both flattened and erect sepals are found. Ovary is superior and bi-carpelled with a false septum.

Petals are generally bright yellow in colour.

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