Carrot
Carrot
Scientific name: Daucas carota L.
Local/Bangla name: ‘Gazor’
Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981)
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Apiales |
| Family | Apiaceae |
| Genus | Daucas |
| Species | D. carota |
Botanical Description of Carrot
Habit: Plants are mostly annual herb
Root system: tap root modified into tuber
Stem: Aerial, short and rosette.
Leaf: Compound
Inflorescence– A simple umbel or compound umbel
Flower-Umbel is usually zygomorphic. Flowers pentamerous and epigynous
Calyx-Sepal 5, polysepalous, aestivation valvate or imbricate
Corolla– Petal five, polypetalous, two small petals and are bifid which are posterior in position.
Androecium– Stamens five, free, anthers dithecous, introse.
Gynoecium-Bicarpellary, syncarpous, inferior.
Fruit-Scizocarp
Economic Importance
Used as vegetable
Used as medicinal purpose as well