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Question
Collect five bisexual flowers from your neighborhood and with the help of your teacher find out their common and scientific names.
Solution 1
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)
Solution 2
You can observe following bisexual flowers in your kitchen and colony gardens :
(1)Brassica (sarson) – Brassica campestris
(2)Onion – Allium cepa
(3)Garden Pea (Edible pea) – Pisum sativum
(4)Petunia – Petunia hybrida
(5)China rose (shoe flower) – Hibiscus rosa- sinensis
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