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The leaves of Madhuca indica (= M. longifolia) are fed on by the moth Antheraea paphia, which produces tassar silk, a form of wild silk of commercial importance in India. [5] Leaves, flowers and fruits are also lopped to feed goats and sheep. [6] The seed oil of 'Madhuca indica' can be utilize to synthesize polymer resin.
Nerine species form three distinct growth patterns, namely winter-growing, summer-growing and evergreen species. [22] While the flowers are generally pink, a red colour is an adaptation to a pollinator, the butterfly Aeropetes tulbaghia. [7]
Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and herkogamy in flowers. In a heterostylous species, two or three morphological types of flowers, termed "morphs", exist in the population. On each individual plant, all flowers share the same morph. The flower morphs differ in the lengths of the pistil and stamens, and
Lycoris radiata, known as the red spider lily, red magic lily, corpse flower, or equinox flower, is a plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. [3] It is originally from China, Japan, Korea and Nepal [ 1 ] and spread from there to the United States and elsewhere.
The flower is bisexual, it contains 5 stamens, the pistil is fused of five carpels, and the ovary is inferior. A floral formula is a notation for representing the structure of particular types of flowers .
Early- to mid-spring blooming hyacinths (Hyacinthus spp.) are available in shades of blue, pink, red, purple, and white. Sweet-scented and hardy in the same climate as snowdrops, they make a ...
Some flower parts are solitary, while others may form a tight spiral, or whorl, around the flower stem. First, at the base, are those non-reproductive structures involved in protecting the flower when it is still a bud, the sepals , then are those parts that play a role in attracting pollinators and are typically coloured, the petals , which ...
In 70 games with the Giants, Jones completed 64.1% of his passes for 208.8 yards per game with 70 touchdowns and 47 interceptions. He fumbled the ball 50 times.