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Question
Which of the following statements is true for date palm?
Options
It is monoecious producing both staminate flowers and pistillate flowers on the same plant.
It is monoecious producing staminate flowers in one tree and pistillate flowers on another tree.
It is dioecious producing staminate flowers on one tree and pistillate flowers on another tree.
None of the above.
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Solution
It is dioecious producing staminate flowers on one tree and pistillate flowers on another tree.
Explanation:
Date palm is a dioecious plant, meaning male and female flowers are borne on separate individual plants. Thus, staminate (male) flowers are on one tree and pistillate (female) flowers are on another tree, not both on the same plant or on monoecious plants. This ensures cross-pollination between different trees.
