Dicotyledonous Plants
These are plants with two seed leaves or cotyledons. They include most trees e.g. kola, cocoa, cashew, orange, mango, guava, pawpaw, silk cotton, Iroko, most vegetables e.g. tomato, okro, melon, pepper, roots and tubers e.g. cassava, sweet potato, yam etc. and legumes such as soya-beans, cowpea, groundnuts, pigeon pea, etc.
Characteristics of Dicotyledons Plants
- Germination of seed is epigeal i.e. the cotyledon is raised above the soil surface.
- Flowers are usually colourful, attractive and scented.
- They have two seed leaf or cotyledon.
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