Sexual reproduction
- Male & female gametes are produced
- The anther produces the male gametes in pollen grains, which are transferred to the female ovules in a process called pollination
- The pollen grains attach to the stigma on top of the carpel, in which the ovules are located
- A pollen tube grows through the carpel’s style into the ovule
- The 2 nuclei from the pollen grain migrate into the ovule to fertilise the egg cell nucleus and endosperm nuclei
- The resulting zygote develops into an embryo
- The endosperm and the female tissues of the ovule give rise to seed
- The ovary then grows into a fruit, which surrounds the seed