In epigynous flowers, the thalamus margin encloses the ovary, fusing with it, and other parts arise above the ovary, which is inferior (e.g., guava, cucumber, ray florets of sunflower).
In epigynous flowers, the thalamus margin encloses the ovary, fusing with it, and other parts arise above the ovary, which is inferior (e.g., guava, cucumber, ray florets of sunflower).
| Text | epigynous flowers, the margin of thalamus grows upward enclosing the ovary completely and getting fused with it, the other parts of flower arise above the ovary. Hence, the ovary is said to be inferior as in flowers of guava and cucumber, and the ray florets of sunflower. |
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