2006-08-20 03:43:28 · 6 answers · asked by krishna m 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
I see Maverick is implying he is a botanist again. He is not, and has admitted as much in the past. And as usual when it comes to questions of botany he is completely incorrect.
Banana species do NOT have bisexual flowers as a rule. With only 2 exceptions the genus Musa, to which all the bananas belong, produce strictly UNISEXUAL flowers in a fairly odd arrangement. The flowers are produced on a long slender spike. The first flowers produced on each spike are all female and produce fruits. The later flowers are all male and produce only pollen.
Despite what Maverick implies bananas very rarely have bisexual flowers, with androecium and gynoecium functional in a single flower. There are two banana species found in SE Asia that sometimes produce bisexual flowers, but they are very much the exception.
2006-08-20 10:51:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bisexual Flowers
2016-11-09 23:02:16 · answer #2 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most flowers are bisexual. But I'm not sure about bananas. The only monosexual plant I know for sure, is the Ginkgo tree, which has male trees separate from female trees.
2006-08-20 06:10:21 · answer #3 · answered by MrZ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a rule Banana flowers are bisxual.
The most of the angiosperms ( flowering plants) are bisexual i.e. Stamens and Carpels ( Both fertile) are located in one and the same flower.
2006-08-20 04:23:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Many flowers are "bi-sexual", in that they have both Carpel (female) and Stamen (male) parts.
Actually, I am willing to say that most plants have this arrangement.
Can anyone prove me wrong?
2006-08-20 03:51:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.
2006-08-20 03:49:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋