Amla (gooseberry)

Family:phyllanthaceae

Botanical Name:phyllanthus emblica

Gooseberries are edible and can be eaten raw.

Used to treat:- Diabetes

Pain and swelling of the

pancreas

cancer, Upset stomach

eye problems, joint pain

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Thyrsus

“Racemes of cymes”

Lateral pedicillate 

Ex- Ocimum, Anisomeles (Sweet basils

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Verticil or verticillaster

main axis two lateral sessile cymes at the axil of node

Ex- Leonotis, Leucas

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Special Inflorescence;

a. Cyathium

b. Hypanthodium

c. Coenanthium

Cyathium;

small unisexual flowers enclosed by a common involucre which mimics a single flower.

Male flowers = scorpioid manner and is represented only by stamens Female flower is solitary and centrally located on a long pedicel and is represented only by pistil

Ex- Pedilanthus

Hypanthodium

Receptacle is closed except a small opening called ostiole which is covered by a series of bracts. 

Example: Ficus sp. (Banyan and Pipal)

Coenanthium

Circular disc like fleshy open receptacle that bears pistillate flowers at the center and staminate flowers at the periphery.

Ex: Dorstenia

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The flower

Perfect flowers have both an androecium and a gynoecium

Imperfect flowers have one or the other and are termed pistillate if they contain female reproductive structures or staminate if only male reproductive structures

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Symmetry of flowers

actinomorphic (radial symmetry).

Example;  Mustard, datura, chilli.

(Brassicaceae, Solanaceae and Liliaceae family)

zygomorphic (bilateral symmetry).

Example;   pea, gulmohur, bean, Cassia.

(Fabaceae family)

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Flower is asymmetric (irregular)