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An example of a seed with endosperm, perisperm, and caruncle is
Options
(a) Coffee
(b) Lily
(c) Castor
(d) Cotton
Correct Answer:
Castor
Explanation:
In castor seed testa and tegmen are united together. Seed coat is tough and bright due to scleroproteins. Over narrower end a brownish pad is found which is called caruncle. Caruncle is carbohydrate in nature. This protects micropyle and develops as an integumental outgrowth after fertilisation. Below seed coat a very thin membrane is found over kernal and called perisperm (the persistant nucellus). Below perisperm there is a large, white, swollen and oily mass called endsoperm.
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Topics: Structural Organisation In Plants
(243)
Subject: Biology
(4253)
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Topics: Structural Organisation In Plants (243)
Subject: Biology (4253)
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