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Incomplete Flowers

This family hasseparate male and

female flowers on thesame vine.

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Male Flowers

ProducePollen

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Female Flowers

Produce Ova

Develop into ruit

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Pollination

!hen Pollen fertili"es ova, seedsform.

#s seeds form, the ovary swells toform the fruit.

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Fruit Formation

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Fruit Formation

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Fruit Formation

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Fruit Formation