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Flower formula of mustard plant is



Cruciferae (Mustard family) diagnostic characters:
1. Habit: Annual, biennial or perennial herbs.

2. Roots: Tap root (fibrous or tuberous)

3. Stem: Herbaceous.

4. Leaves: Petiolate, alternate, simple, exstipulate, reticulate venation; leaves are generally covered by simple or branched hairs.

5. Inflorescence: Simple racemose. It becomes corymbose raceme.

6. Flower: Pedicillate, ebracteate. actinomorphic, regular.

7. Complete, hermaphrodite, hypogynous.

8. Calyx: 4 sepals, free, dimerous (placed in two whorls) green

9. Corolla: 4 petals, free arranged in single whorl occupying the diagonal position and form characteristics cruciform form.

10. Stamens: 6 stamens, free, tetradynamous (two lateral stamens are smaller but four median stamens are larger) basifixed; nectaries are present at the base of stamens.

11. Carpel: 2 carpels, fused to form compound ovary: syncarpous. placentation parietal, ovary unilocular but become hilocular due to formation of false septum.
12. Fruits: Siliqua or silicula.
13. Seed: Non-endosperm