Can flowers have more than 1 ovary???

Question

is it possible?

Answer 1

Yes  .

There are many plants that have more than one ovary .

In such a case there are two possibilities .

1 ) All the ovaries fuse and form a single but a composite ovary . Thus the ovary is outwardly one but has many compartments inside .

Each compartment ( Chamber or loculus ) represents a fusing ovary .

Excellent example is Tomato fruit ( which is , incidentally a mature ovary .)

Click  the link below to see section -

http://www.niroinc.com/images/food_chemi...

http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-15617821...

Orange and other citrus fruits / ovaries are again excellent examples . links below -

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/images...

http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y2515e/y25...

2 ) All the ovaries retain their independece and can be easily identified -

Lotus is an excellent example -

link of a lotus flower with more than 20 independent ovaries in independent sockets at the center -

http://www.herbalfire.com/images/nelumbo...

Magnolia flower with many ovaries on a common Stalk at the center -

http://www.businessgreetingcards.com/ima...

Custard apple is one more such example

Answer 2

Yep

for example Citrus Fruits