Are the flowers of papaya male and female How to distinguish male and female papaya

The flowering properties of papaya are more complex. The male flowers do not bear fruit, there are hermaphroditic flowers with a balanced dioecious balance and feminine and androgynographic flowers, which develop into different fruits.

Papaya, willow, etc. have gender, for example, papaya has both sexes and males, and the fruiting papaya is female papaya, and most of the male papayas only bloom and do not bear fruit, but the most obvious gender is ginkgo. Male ginkgo trees only produce male flowers, female ginkgo trees only produce female flowers, and when spring comes, the pollen of the male flowers is transmitted to the stamens of the female flowers by the force of the wind, so that they can bear fruit. dioecious plants like this, as well as willows, spinach, loofahs, etc.

Although pumpkins are dioecious, the male and female flowers are born on the same plant. And papaya actually has the difference between dioecious and monoecious. In addition, plum blossoms and peach blossoms are all flowers with stamens and pistils, which are self-pollinating, so each of their flowers can give birth to seeds!

Round, chubby, and fat, the two ends are generally thick for females, and one for thin and thick ends is male. The female is short and fat, sweet and juicy, and the male is long, pure, simple and thin, and lacks sweetness and moisture. When buying papaya, pay attention to choosing short and fat golden ones.

Papaya has whitening, ** and other beauty effects. It can be eaten raw or cooked, and it is not certain which is better or worse in terms of the effect of the two. It can be stewed with fresh papaya or steamed papaya with honey, which is a good choice.

Papaya also has the effect of emollient beauty, papaya is warm and not cold and not dry, which can make people take pants to absorb more nutrients, make ** smooth and soft, reduce wrinkles and make the complexion more ruddy. Papaya can also relieve the heat and dissipate the search, but also has the effect of quenching thirst, you can eat papaya in the summer when it is hot and dry, it can not only prevent heatstroke but also relieve cough, and can also replenish the water of the human body.

1. The flowers are different, the flowers of the male and female flowers of the watermelon flower are different, the stamens of the male flowers look down from the top, the shape is similar to the head of the miniature version of the torch ice cream, the anthers have nectar glands, the female flowers are composed of petals, stigma and sub-stupid confessions, the stigma has nectar glands, which are insect vectors and are cross-pollinated crops.

2. The flower column is different, the flower column of the male flower and the female flower of the watermelon flower is different, the stamen in the middle of the male flower petal is relatively thin and small, there is no flower column, there is a cylindrical flower column in the middle of the female flower petal, and the number of male and female flowers of watermelon flower is different, a single plant can form up to 250-300 male flowers, 40-50 female flowers.

3. Pollination method, pollination of watermelon flowers, you can choose to do it in the afternoon or evening of the day, cover the male and female flowers that open the next day with a paper tube, and wait until the next morning of the brigade to pollinate when they bloom, first pick the male flowers, peel off its petals, leave the anthers, and then apply the pollen on the stigma of the female flowers.

The watermelon flowers are male and female, and you can see the flower column.

The flower column of the male flower and the female flower of the watermelon flower is different, the stamen in the middle of the male flower petal is relatively thin and small, there is no flower column, there is a cylindrical flower column in the middle of the female flower petal, and the number of male flowers and female flowers of watermelon flower is different, a single plant can form up to 250-300 male flowers, 40-50 curtain flowers. Watermelon flowers have a short lifespan of only a few hours, generally opening in the morning and closing in the afternoon.

The flowering time is closely related to the temperature and light during the flowering period. When the night temperature is high, it opens early and closes early on the second day, and when the night temperature is low, it opens late and closes late on the second day. From early flowering to 8 to 9 a.m., it was the period when the physiological activity of female flower stigma and male flower pollen was the strongest, and the fruit setting rate of pollination decreased significantly after 9 a.m.

Morphological characteristics of watermelon

annual vines; The stems and branches are stout, with obvious grooves, and are covered with long, dense white or light yellowish brown pubescence.

tendrils stout, pubescent, 2-ambiguous, petioles thick, 3-12 cm long, coarse, with inconspicuous grooves, densely pubescent; Leaves papery, triangular-ovate, whitish-green, 8-20 cm long, 5-15 cm wide, two masks with short bristles, more on veins and back, 3 deeply lobed, with longer middle lobes.

obovate, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, apex acutely acuminate or acuminate, lobes pinnately or double-pinnate shallow or deeply lobed, margins wavy or sparsely toothed, terminal lobes usually with a few shallowly serrations, apex obtuse rounded, the base of the blade heart-shaped, sometimes forming a semicircular curved ridge, 1-2 cm wide, cm deep.

The gourd is oval, heavy, with less core and firm flesh, and has a sweet and fragrant taste. The female melon is slightly longer, the core is fleshy and loose, and the taste is slightly worse. When the papaya is ripe, the skin is yellow and the taste is particularly sweet.

If the skin is dotted with black spots, it means that it has begun to deteriorate, and the sweetness, aroma and nutrients have been destroyed. Therefore, when purchasing, you must pay attention to choose male melon as much as possible, and if you eat it raw, try to choose ripe, raw papaya or half-raw ones that are more suitable for making soup.