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Do you Know the Functions of Sepals & Petals?  Let's Find out

BY Team Aakash Byjus

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Flower

The flower is the most attractive and colourful part of the plant. It is the reproductive part of the plant.

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Parts of Flower: A flower has mainly four parts. These include sepals, petals, stamens and carpel.

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Sepals and petals aren't involved in reproduction, but stamens and carpel are.

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Sepals and petals are the vegetative parts of a flower.

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Sepals

-The green, leaf-like   structures present   around the flower are   called sepals. -All the sepals together   are called the calyx.

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Some flowers have joined sepals (Datura, hibiscus, etc.), while others have individual sepals  (Rose and Jasmine).

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Functions of Sepals

They protect the flower's reproductive organs from outside forces.

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The colourful and beautiful parts of a flower are known as petals.

Petals

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-Most of the flowers   have colourful and   attractive petals. -But there are some   flowers that are   colourless. For   example, Jasmine,   Datura.

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Functions of Petals

The colourfulness of the petals help in pollination as they attract birds and animals during pollination.

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-Petals of some flowers   release a scent to   attract insects. -Petals protect the   stamens and carpel.