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5.Morphology of Flowering Plants
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How can you differentiate between free central and axile placentation ?
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Solution
$\rightarrow$ Placentation : The arrangement of ovules within the ovary is known as placentation. The placenta is a special type of tissue. Various types of placentation is seen in plants. Free central and axile placentation among them.
$\rightarrow$ Following difference is seen in them.
| Free central placentation | Axile placentation |
| $(1)$ Only one chamber is seen in ovary. | $(1)$ vary is fused with monocarpellary and poly carpellary. It possesses many chambers. |
| $(2)$ Many ovules are located on middle rib and they are less free in ovary. Membranes are absent. | $(2)$ Placenta is produced from middle axis where membrane dissolves and forms axile. Placentation ovules are attached to it. |
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