Question:

The coconut water and the edible part of coconut are equivalent to

Updated On: Jul 26, 2024
  • Endosperm
  • Endocarp
  • Mesocarp
  • Embryo
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Coconut fruit is a drupe. It has a membranous epicarp, fibrous mesocarp and stony endocarp. The endocarp encloses a single seed with brown testa that contains a small embryo and a white oily endosperm (edible part) with watery fluid called coconut water.
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Seed

The matured and fertilized ovule, which comprises an active embryo reserve food and protective coating, is referred to as a seed. Seeds are ripened ovules that contain an embryonic plant with sufficient reserve food for embryo development. Ovules evolve into seeds after fertilization.

Types of Seed:

  1. Monocotyledonous seeds: Seeds having only one cotyledon, called monocotyledonous seeds.
  2. Dicotyledonous seeds: Seeds with two cotyledons, called dicotyledonous seeds.
  3. Albuminous seeds: Seeds having an endosperm. These seeds have thin membrane cotyledons and endosperm that hold on and feed the seedling during its early growth.
  4. Exalbuminous seeds: Food gathers in the endosperm tissue of exalbuminous seeds early in development, but it is utilized by the growing embryo and mature seeds without endosperm.