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Out of many papaya plants growing in your garden, only a few bear fruits. Give reason.

Only certain papaya plants tend to bear fruits because papaya is a dioecious plant i.e. the male and female flowers are borne on different plants altogether. So, only the plants that bear female flowers would bear fruits.


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