Question

Pistil- Write short notes.

Answer 1

The pistil is the female reproductive parts located in the center of a flower. It rises on a stalk called the style and typically consists of the ovary, which contains the potential future seeds and a swollen base, and a pollen-receptive tip or stigma that is often sticky. The pistil is essential to the plant's reproduction.

Answer 2

Pistil has another name too. The other name is Carpel. It is the female part of flowers through which plants can reproduce.

Structure of Pistil :

Pistil of a flower has three regions : Stigma at the top, style in the middle portion and ovary at the bottom.

Functions :

Stigma present in the pistil acts as the place for allowing pollens to get germinated. Style is the connection between the stigma and ovary. The ovary has the egg inside the ovule which gets fused with make gamete when the male gamete enters the ovule.