why are papaya and date palm plants are said to be dioecious whereas cucurbits and coconut palms monoecious inspite of all of them bearing unisexual flowers

  • Papaya and date palm plants are said to be dioecious , because these plants bears exclusively either male flowers or female flowers.
  • Cucurbits and coconut palms are said to be monoecious, because both male and female flowers are borne on the same plant.

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actually dicots means 2 cots in seeds and monocot means one in seeds, nowhere related to sexual characters.

open papaya seed, u will see 2 cots in it

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