Reproduction in Plants

Plants can't walk, talk, or search for a mate — so how do they reproduce? The answer is a fascinating set of strategies involving flowers, pollinators, wind, water, and even explosions. This guide covers everything you need: flower structure, pollination, fertilisation, seed and fruit formation, seed dispersal, and asexual reproduction in plants — all explained clearly, with diagrams and real examples.

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1. Sexual Reproduction in Plants: The Flower

Most flowering plants reproduce sexually, and the flower is the plant's reproductive structure. Just like animals, plants have separate male and female parts that produce sex cells (gametes).

Parts of a Flower

Key term: Ovule — the structure inside a plant's ovary that contains the female sex cell (egg cell) and develops into a seed after fertilisation.

2. Pollination: Getting Pollen to the Stigma

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther of a flower to the stigma of a flower. It's important to know that pollination is NOT the same as fertilisation — pollination is just the pollen being transferred; fertilisation happens afterwards, when the male and female sex cells actually join.