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RM 01 Family Chart
RM 01 Family Chart
Characteristics Fabaceae (Pea Family) Solanaceae (Potato Family) Liliaceae ( Lilli Family )
1. Group Dicot Dicot Monocot
2. Habitat Herb Mostly Herb Perennial Herb
Shrub Mostly Shrub
Tree Rarely small Trees
3. Vegetative
character
(a) Root Root with Root
Nodules
(b) Stem Erect or Climber Herbaceous rarely woody, underground bulb,
aerial, erect, cylindrical, corms
branched, solid or hollow,
hairy or glabrous,
underground stem in
potato
(c ) Leaf
Venetion Reticulate Reticulate Parallel
Phyllotaxy Alternate Alternate Alternate/ Mostly
Type Simple/ Pinnately Mostly Simple, Some Basal
Compound Pinnately Simple
Pulvinus Present Absent Absent
Stipule Stipulate Ex-Stipulate Ex- Stipulate
4. Floral
Characters
(a) Inflorescence Racemose Solitary or Cymose in Solitary/ Cymose;
Solenum Often Umbellate
clusters
(b) Flower
Sexuality Bisexual Bisexual Bisexual
Symmetry Zygomorphic Actinomorphic Actinomorphic
(c ) Calyx 5 Sepal 5 Sepal, Persistent
Gamosepalous Gamosepalous
Valvate/ Imbricate Valvate Aestivation
Aestivation
(d) Corolla 5 Petal 5 Petal
Polypetalous Gamopetalous
Vexillary Aestivation Valvate Aestivation
( e) Perianth Six Tepal (3+3)
Valvate Aestivation
(f) Androecium 10 Stamen 5 Stamen 6 stamen (3+3)
Diadelphous Epipetalous Epiphyllous
Dithecous anther
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Dithecous anther
(g) Gynoecium Superior Ovary, Superior Ovary, Superior Ovary,
Monocarpellary, Bicarpellary, Tricarpellary,
Unilocular with many Bilocular Syncarpous Trilocular with may
Ovule, Placenta swollen with many ovules,
Single style ovules Syncarpous,
Axial Placentation
(h) Fruit Legume Berry, Capsule Capsule, rarely berry
Ornamental:- Lupin,
Sweet pea
Medicine:- Mulethi
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