Important Points Related to Botany

Fast Facts Related to Botany (Highlighted Points)

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Important Points	Example and its details
Largest angiosperm tree	Eucalyptus
Caffeine	Pepaver somniferum morphin contains in it.
The smallest cell	Mycoplasma gallisepticum.
Largest male couplet	Cycas. This is a gymnosperm plant.
Number of Chromosomes	Chromosomes in its Diploid cell.
Largest seed	Lodoicea. This is alos called double coconut. This is found in Kerala in India.
Smallest flower	Wolfia. Its diameter is 0.1 millimeter.
Coco giving plant	Theobroma cococa. Theobromin and caffeine. Contain in it.
Fire of the forest	Dhak.
Smallest chromosomes	In algae.
The plant with the largest	Ophioglossum (Fern). There are 1266
The heaviest wooden plant	Hardwichia binata.
Coffee giving plant	Coffea Arabica. Caffin contains in it.
Smallest Pteridophyta	Azolla. This is an aquatic plant.
Largest Flower	Reflesia arnoldii. Its diameter is  1 meter and its weight can be 8 kilograme.
The plant with the least number of chromosomes	Heplapapopus gracilis.
The smallest gymnosperm plant	Zamia pygmea.
Longest free in the world	Sequoia giganteum. This is a gymnosperm. Its height is 120 meter. This is also called Coast Red Wood of California.
Smallest seed	Orchid.
Largest seed-egg	Cycas.
Longest chromosomes	In Trillium.
The lightest wooden plant	Ochroma lagopus-balsa
Fruit like a tennis ball	Kenth.
Smallest angiosperm	Arceuthobium. Is a parasite on the stems of gymnosperms.
Smallest (in shape) angiosperm plant	Lemna. This is aquate angionsperm which is found in India too.
Plant with largest leaf	Victoria Regia. This is an aquatic plant which is found in West Bengal in India.
Alive morph	Cycas.