Category: Botany

Introduction Downward growing part of the vascular plant is called root. Root can also be aerial or aerating, that is, growing up above the ground or...

1. Diagnostic features Herbaceous, exstipulate, alternate leaves. Inflorescence- typical racemose type. Flowers- ebracteate and bisexual, Calyx-4, freely arranged in two whorls, Corolla-4, cruciform, Stamens-6, tetradynamous....

Introduction Derived from two Greek words (Bryon: Moss; phyton: plant). Includes liverworts, hornworts and mosses. Commonly known as amphibians of plant kingdom because they grow...

Truly land plant with a well-developed vascular system. Also called vascular cryptogams. Sporophyte is the main plant body which reproduces by the spores. It has...

1.Diagnostic Features Mostly annual or perennial herbs, sometimes shrubs (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) or trees. Stem possesses mucilage and stellate hairs. Leaves alternate and stipulate (stipules often...

Fertilized ovary is called fruit. It has two parts i.e. fruit wall or pericarp and seeds. Pericarp is made up of three layers epicarp, mesocarp...

The arrangement and distribution of flowers over a plant is called inflorescence. The axis of inflorescence is called peduncle. A flattened peduncle is known as...

S.N Scientific name Common name Edible part Fruit type 1. Pisum sativum Garden pea Seeds Legume 2. Abelmoschus esculentus Lady’s finger Entire fruit Capsule 3....

Leaves of plants are modified to various structures for adaptation to the environment where they are present. Some of the modifications are listed as below:...

1. Diagnostic features : Mostly herbs, rarely shrubs or trees, often climbing. Leaves alternate, stipulate, simple, or imparipinnately compound. Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, corolla papilionaceous, aestivation...