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Also called Helianthus.

Sunflowers are bisexual as they have stamens and also produce seeds, their seeds are used to make sunflower oil.

Their seeds are dispersed in many ways. Sometimes birds peck the seeds out using their beaks and transport them to another place.

Sunflowers track the sun and always face towards it.

Fun Fact: A sunflower was taken to space in 2012 by US astronaut Don Pettit.

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Also known as Nelumbo nucifera.

Since lotus flowers are situated in the water, their seeds are also dispersed by water.

It is a bisexual flower that has stamens and also produces seeds.

The lotus flower has beautiful pink and white petals.

Fun Facts: In Hinduism and Buddhism, lotus is a symbol of wealth. It is also the national flower of Vietnam and India.

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Also known as Strelitzia.

It gets its name from the fact that it’s pollinated by sunbirds.

It has a very unique method of pollination, in which the sunbird sits on the flower’s spathe, this opens up a bunch of pollen that stick onto the sunbird’s feet. Then the sunbird goes and sits on the stigma of another flower.

Fun Fact: This flower is also called the crane flower as it has the shape of a crane.

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Also called Carica papaya.

It is a female flower which produces seeds and fruits.

It’s seeds are dispersed by hawkmoths and skipper butterflies.

Fun Fact: The papaya fruit is very healthy for the human body and is also used as a cosmetic.

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It is a part of the Rafflesiaceae family and is the largest known flower to humans.

Found in the Indonesian forests.

It’s plant has no stems, leaves or roots, only the huge flower.

The flower gives out a foul odour which attracts insects for pollination.

Most species have separate male and female flowers, but a few have hermaphroditic flowers.

Fun Fact: A Rafflesia flower can grow up to a metre in diameter, and the biggest can weigh up to 7kg.

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Also known as Lycoris

It is a bisexual flower as it has long stamens and also produces a fruit which has black seeds

Since spider lilies grow in water, their seeds are also dispersed by water.

Fun Fact: These flowers bloom near cemeteries, so according to Chinese and Japanese legend, these flowers grow in hell and guide the dead into the next reincarnation.

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Also known as Taraxacum

It is a bisexual which has stamens and also produces seeds.

It’s a feathery flower and hence it’s seeds are dispersed by wind.

Fun Fact: A dandelion’s seeds are so light that they can travel over 100 km with the help of wind.

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Also known as Glycine max

It is a bisexual flower which produces the soybean seed, which it is known for.

The flower is self pollinated and doesn’t require insects or any other pollinating agent for pollination.

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Also called Cucumis sativus

It’s a unisexual male flower as it produces the pollen required for the formation of the fruit but doesn’t produce fruits.

It’s seeds are pollinated by insects like bees.

Fun Fact: A single cucumber plant produces 25 to 125 fruit.

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Also called mangifera indica

It’s a bisexual flower as it produces fruits and also has stamens.

The fruit grown out of it has only one seed, so it has 1 ovule.

It’s seeds are dispersed by animals, birds, insects and humans (zoophily).

Fun Fact: Mango trees can bear fruit even after 300 years!

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A glimpse of the floral planet.