EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -’Monoecious ’ is the term used to refer to plants bearing both male and female flowers in them. For example, maize is a monoecious plant as both male and female flowers are present in the same plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monoecious plants have male flowers and female flowers in separate structures on the same plant. “Mono” means one-and the term “monoecious” is literally “one house". The same plant houses different flowers, some being male the others being female.

Detailed explanation-3: -Monoecious plants:-Plants that have both female and male sexual organs on the same plant are called monoecious plants. These male and female parts may be located at different locations on the plant. Example: Cucurbita, Chara, and Coconut.

Detailed explanation-4: -A monoecious plant is one that has male and female flowers on the same plant, or that has flowers on every plant that contain both male and female reproductive components. A dioecious plant has either male or female flowers, not both.

Detailed explanation-5: -Monoecious is the same as bisexual or homothallic. Monoecious plants have both male and female reproductive parts in the same plant. E.g. cucurbits and coconuts. Monoecious plants produce both male and female gametes.