Question

Out of many papaya plants growing in your garden, only a few bear fruits. Give reason.

Answer 1

Answer:

Because papaya is a dioecious plant and bears unisexual flowers on different plants or there are male and female plants. Where only females bear fruits

Answer 2

The correct answer is stated below:

Explanation:

• Papaya plants are dioecious and protogynous in nature.
• Dioecious means the male and female plants are separate. Some plants develop flowers having the male sex organs completely developed. Other plants develop flowers having the female sex organs completely developed.
• Protogynous means the female sex organs of a flower mature far before the maturation of the male sex organs. As a result, ovum inside the ovary of the flower gets fertilised by cross-pollination before the anther of the flower releases the pollen grains.
• Hence, in the garden, the papaya developing fruits are the female plants developing female flowers. The others which do not develop any fruit are the male plants who develop the male flowers.