Rice, Litchi, and Mango have a panicle type of inflorescence, which is a branched cluster of flowers where the lower flowers open first.
Wheat and Bajra (pearl millet) bear a spikelet, also referred to as head or ear, which is a dense, unbranched inflorescence.
Mustard exhibits a corymbose raceme, where flowers are arranged on short stalks of unequal length along the main axis, giving a flat-topped appearance.
Maize (corn) has:
A tassel as the male inflorescence at the top of the plant.
A silk as the female inflorescence, which emerges from the ear (cob) and is the style of the female flower.
Sugarcane produces a feathery terminal inflorescence known as an arrow.
Sunflower displays a capitulum (also called a head), a compact arrangement where many small florets are grouped on a flattened receptacle.
Banana features a spadix, a type of inflorescence that is enclosed in a large bract known as a spathe.
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