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You might have seen butter ies and bees near the owers. ey come to owers

to suck their nectar. e base of owers contains nectar.
With time, the owers shed their petals and grow into fruits.

Functions of Flowers

Most owers change into fruits containing seeds inside them.

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Apple flowers Apple fruits Apple fruit with seeds

FRUITS AND SEEDS

Fruits develop from the
owers. Most fruits contain

seeds inside them.
We eat fruits like mango,

apple, banana, jamun, papaya,

muskmelon, etc. Fruits are A mango has An apple has A papaya has
also eaten by many animals one seed few seeds many seeds
and birds.

Fruits like jamun and mango have
only one seed, fruits like apple
and orange have few seeds while

fruits like papaya and muskmelon

have many seeds.
Vegetables such as tomato, brinjal,

gourds, etc., are also fruits.

A seed grows into a baby plant
when it gets enough water, air

and warmth. A pea plant growing from its seed.

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