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Why are papaya flowers called unisexual?  ( CBSE 2009)

Papaya flowers are called unisexual because the flowers only contain one of the two reproductive parts of the plant and never both. Therefore, the flowers of papaya either consist of the male reproductive part, the stamens or the female reproductive part, the carpels.

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