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Enumerate the characteristics feature of Entomophilous flowers.

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`**` Flowers are generally large of if small they are aggregated in dense inflorescence . Example Asteraceae flowers.
`**` Flowers are bright coloured . The adjacent part of the flower may also be brightly coloured to attract insect .For example in Poinsettia and Bougainvillea the bracts become coloured.
`**` Flowers are scented and produce produce nectar .
`**` Flowers in which there is no secretion of nectar, the pollen is either consumed as food or used in building up of its hive by the honeybees. Pollen and nectar are the floral rewards for the visitors.
`**` Flowers pollinated by flies and beetles produce foul odour to attract pollinators.
`**` In some flowers juicy cells are present which are preced and the contents are sucked by the insects.
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