Fruits Flashcards
developed ovary of a flower
Fruits
is pollinated usually required for fruit to develop
Flower
is fertilized, sperm combined with Ovum to form embryo
Flower
Ovum becomes _______
Ovary
Ovary becomes ________
FRUIT
inner boundary around seeds of fruit
Endocarp
middle layer of fruit
Mesocarp
skin of the fruit
Exocarp
thickened wall of the fruit.
Pericarp
Examples of monocot fruits
Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
Banana (Musa acuminata)
Coconut (Cocus nucifera)
Examples of Dicot fruits
Mango (Mangifera indica)
Apple (Pyrus malus)
Orange (Citrus sinensis)
Peach (Prunus persica)
Avocado (Persea americana)
Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)
Watermelon (Citrus vulgaris)
Types of fruits
Berries
Hesperidia
Pepo
Drupes
Pomes
Follicles
Legumes
Siliques
Capsules
Nuts
Schizocarps
Achenes
Caryopses
Aggregate
Multiple
Encased embryonic plant
seeds
2 basic parts of SEED:
Seed coat
Embryo
supplies the needed nutrients for the growing plants
Endosperm
has 1 cotyledon or seed leaf, 2 in dicotyledons and 2 or more in GYMNOSPERMS
Embryo
have adaptation such as parachute or winglike structure
Anemochory
can survive for a long period at sea.
Hydrochory
edible or adapted to attach to an animal skin if fur
Zoochory
By means of wind
Anemochory
By means of water
Hydrochory
By means animal
Zoochory
if the seeds don’t germinate
Dormancy
- Dicot seeds has ___ cotyledons
2
Monocot seed has ___ Cotyledons
1
part of the embryo within the seed of the plants
Cotyledon
Food source for the growing plant until it can perform __________ and makes it own energy
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
develop into stem and leaves
Cotyledon
develop into Root
Plumule
a scar or a mark left on a seed coat
Hilum
the region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon
Epicoptyl
it surrounds the embryo and provides nutrition in the form of starch though it also contains protein and oils
Endosperm
