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Identify the family of the plant pisum sativum. Write the diagnostic features based on
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Pisum sativum belongs to family fabaceae. The diagnostic features of the plant are as follows:
Calyx:
Sepals 5, green, synsepalous, green showing valvate aestivation. Odd sepal is anterior in position.
Corolla :
Petals 5, green, apopetalous, irregular papilionaceous corolla showing descendingly imbricate aestivation.
Androecium :
Stamens 10, diadelphous, (9) + 1, nine stamens fused to form a bundle and the tenth stamen is free. Anthers are dithecous, basifixed, introrse and dehisce by longitudinal slits.
Gynoecium:
Monocarpellary, unilocular, with many ovules on marginal placentation ovary superior style simple and stigma.
Fruit : legume.
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