Extrafloral nectaries may act as a source of food to insects too. Lets say an ant is searching for food and it finds these nectaries and it searches whole plant for the same and while doing so it pollinates. I assume it is used basically to attract those insects which cant fly....but thats an assumption. They may also produce something offensive to repell insects of produce some smell that repells other animals too. Kind of protection mechanism. Pankaj
On Dec 19, 6:16 pm, ankush prakash <[email protected]> wrote: > Nectaries may be *floral* (inside the flower) or *extrafloral* (nectaries > present on the part of the plant other than the flower. eg.nectaries at the > meeting point of petiole and the leaf blade of *Ricinus*). > As we all know that floral nectaries have a great role in pollination by > attracting insects *but what kind of advantages do plants experience on > having extrafloral nectaries? > > Regards, > Ankush Prakash > *
