Gujarati
Hindi
5.Morphology of Flowering Plants
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Which of the following is a fatty oil yielding plant?

A

Sunflower

B

Acacia

C

Butea

D

Casuarina

Solution

Sunflower oil is a semi-drying oil obtained from Helianthus annuus which belongs to the family-Asteraceae. It's seed contains $40-50 \%$ oil contents. On hydration it yields vegetable 'ghee'. Sunflower oil is used in cooking and in manufacturing of paints and soaps.

Standard 11
Biology

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