monoecious

Single-housed reproductive parts

Monoecious describes a plant species that bears both male and female reproductive organs on the same individual.

Corn is monoecious—the tassel produces pollen while the ear receives it.

The term contrasts with dioecious, where male and female flowers occur on separate plants.

Monoecious species can self-pollinate, though cross-pollination often produces healthier offspring.

botany

hermaphrodite

Both sexes in one

ovary · stigma · style · filament · cucurbit · maize · conifer · oak · birch · begonia

reproduction

self-pollination

Fertilization within one plant

genetic diversity · fertilization · self-fertile · reproductive strategy

Opposites
sexual system in plants/organisms

monoeciousdioecious

Having separate male, female organisms

unisexual

Family

dioecious

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