The below mentioned article provides biology notes on Flowers or Floral Organs. Flower is a specialized condensed shoot of an angiospermic plant in which the shoot apical meristem gets transformed into floral meristem for carrying out sexual reproduction through progressive specialisation of leaves into floral appendages. Like a branch, it may develop in the axil of small leaf-like structure called [...]
The following points highlight the top three types of drugs obtained from flowers . The types are: 1. Saffron 2. Iron Wood 3. Violet. Type # 1. Saffron: Crocus sativus Linn., of family Iridaceae; Eng. Saffron; Hindi—Kesar. This is a herb, cultivated in Kashmir (Pampur), Bhersar and Chaubattia in Uttar Pradesh. Uses: The dried stigmas and tops of the styles [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning of Cross-Pollination 2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Cross-Pollination 3. Adaptations. Meaning of Cross-Pollination: If pollen grains are carried to the stigma of a flower of the same species growing on a different plant, it is cross-pollination. All unisexual flowers are cross-pollinated and even the bisexual flowers which, in fact, form the [...]