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What group of plant does mango leaf belong?
Mangoes belong to genus Mangifera which consists of about 30 species of tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. According to ayurveda, varied medicinal properties are attributed to different parts of mango tree.
What is the kingdom of Mango Tree?
Plant
Mangifera indica/Kingdom
What are features of the leaves of a plant that is a dicotyledon?
Comparison with monocotyledons
| Feature | In monocots | In dicots |
|---|---|---|
| Number of cotyledons (leaves in the seed) | One | Two |
| Arrangement of vascular bundles in the stem | Scattered | In concentric circles |
| Roots | Are adventitious | Develop from the radicle |
| Arrangement of major leaf veins | Parallel | Reticulate |
Is a mango seed a Dicot or monocot?
Mango seeds have an outer shell with a seam like a almond or walnut shell – tough to crack open into two clean halves, but possible. Thus a dicot. Based on the nature of the embryo in the seed, angiosperms are divided into dicots and monocots.
What is the difference between Dicotyledonae and monocots and dicots?
Dicotyledonae (Dicots) consists of plants having seeds with two cotyledons and the plants are called dicotyledonous plants. Example: Mango, neem, sunflower. Monocotyledonae (Monocots) consists of plants having seeds with one cotyledon and the plants are called monocotyledonous plants. Example: Grasses, sugarcane, maize and wheat.
What are the characteristics of a dicot plant?
Dicots possess two cotyledons, a branched vein network, rings of vascular bundles, a taproot system and flowers with multiples of four to five petals. The seeds of dicots come in many different shapes and sizes.
What are the characteristics of monocots?
Monocots have one cotyledon, leaves with a parallel vein network, scattered vascular bundles, fibrous root systems, flowers with multiples of three petals, large and fleshy seeds and a single embryonic leaf when germination occurs.