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What is the Function of Flowers?

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

What is the function of flowers?

Flowers are extremely attractive and draw the attention of everyone including birds, insects, animals, and human beings, but what exactly are the functions of these flowering blooms? What purpose do they serve as the most attractive parts of the plants?

Well, the answer is, the main function and uses of a flower is to aid the process of procreation or reproduction and hence flowers are the reproductive organs in the plant. The flowers are responsible for the pollen grains or the male gametes (sperm) of the plant to pollinate the ovules, the female gametes of the plant. The entire process of reproduction in plants is called pollination and the flowers play a starring role in process of pollination. Once fertilization occurs, the fertilized ovule produces seeds, (more…)