Question:

Body of ovule is attached to funicle at a point called

Updated On: Jun 14, 2022
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  • Micropyle
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Angiospermous ovule contains embryo sac, the female gametophyte. The ovule is a small structure attached to the placenta by means of a stalk called funicle. The body of ovule fuses with the funicle in the region called hilum. Thus hilum represents the junction between ovule and funicle. In seeds, hilum is visible as a scar
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Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Sexual reproduction in flowering plants takes place or happens when the production of a new organism occurs from two parents by making use of their gametes or sex cells. Both sexual and asexual reproduction can be found in plants. Nearly all flowering plants reproduce sexually. Flowers play a captious role in the process as it carries both the male and female reproductive parts commonly known as androecium and gynoecium respectively.

An individual flower comprises the following parts - 

  • Pedicle
  • Calyx
  • Petals
  • Sepals
  • Stamen
  • Pistil
  • Receptacle