SEEDS

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SEEDS

• A seed is a mature ovule
• Develops inside the ovary
• Usually consists of
• Seed coat
• Nutritive tissue (cotyledon or endosperm)
• Embryo (the young diploid individual)

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Development of a seed from an ovule inside the
ovary of a flower
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Capsella (shepherds purse) seed from early
development to a mature seed
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Seed from Medicago species. A type of alfalfa
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Ipomea, the seed of a tropical sweet potato
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Seed from Thailand rainforest
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Terminalia, another tropical rainforest species
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Scorpiurus, a legume fruit. Seeds are in the
swollen areas of the fruit.
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Dandelion head
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Dandelion head with only one achene (fruit/seed)
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Pea seedlings, see the cotyledons, hypocotyl,
epicotyl plumule