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| Superior - placed above the disc on which the petals, sepals
and anthers are attached), Hint: the fruit can be a good indication of the
position of the ovary. If the ovary is superior then the fruit usually has
no perianth scars near its top and sometimes has the remnants of the perianth
near its base |
Inferior - placed below the disc (sometimes embedded within
it) on which the petals, sepals and anthers are attached), - if the ovary
is inferior then the fruit often has the remnants of the perianth on its
top
Half inferior – with sepals, petals and anthers attached
midway up the ovary
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Ovary
position
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