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Question
Write a short note on vexillary aestivation.
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Solution

Corolla is butterfly-shaped and consists of five petals. Outermost and largest is known as standard or vexillum, two lateral petals are wings and two smaller fused forming boat shaped structures keel. e.g. Pisum sativum.
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