Fruits and Uction For: Pistil

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REPRODUCTION THROUGH SEEDS

that bear flowers are called flowering


plants.
Flower
t u r n s intO
fruits
truitsand
reprod
ants
frui contain seeds. So we can say that flowers are
the organs ot
uction for
flowering plants.
Parts of a Flower Receptacle Stigma
The important parts of a flower are Pistil Style
Sepals, petals, lovary
stamen and pistil
Sepals look like green leaves at
the bottom of the flower. They
protect the bud.
I n most flowers, petals are Filament Arthe
Starmen
brightly coloured. They make the Sepal
flowers look beautiful. They help Petal
Pedicel
to attract insects for pollination. Parts of a flower
The stanmen is the male part of
the Hower. It is made up of a thin stalk called the filament with a bag-like hea
called the anther. "The anther contains the pollen grains.
The pistil is the female part of the flower. It
consists of three parts: )Mnemonics
Male or female plant part
o A swollen base called the ovary. The ovary Stamen
contains small structures called ovules. men denotes the male part of the
flower
o A stalk arises from the ovary and is called Pistil
the style. I denotes female part of the
flower
o The style ends at the stigma at the top.
The flower is attached to a stalk called pedicel. It is enlarged to form receptae
found at the centre of the base of the flower.

PARTS OF A FLOWER

Petals Male Female


Sepals
reproductive reproductive
part part

Stamen Pistil

Anther Filament Stigma Style Ovary

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