GENERAL BIOLOGY 1

Laboratory Worksheet 10: Fruits and Seeds

Senior High School Department
1st Trimester, A.Y. 2017-2018

I. Fruit and Seed Variations

Fruit Seed
Specimen Type based Type based Specific Edible Part No. of Endosperm
on Origin on Nature fruit type (e.g. entire Cotyledons (present /
(simple, of Pericarp (e.g. samara, fruit, seed, absent)
aggregate, berry, grain, mesocarp,
(fleshy, dry-
multiple) etc..) etc…)
dehiscent or
dry-
indehiscent)
Okra Simple Dry-dehiscent Capsule Entire fruit 2 Absent
Corn Simple Dry-indehiscent Grain Entire fruit 1 Present
Tomato Simple Fleshy Berry Entire fruit 2 Present
Apple Simple Fleshy Pome Mesocarp and 2 Absent
pericarp
Atis Aggregate N/A N/A Mesocarp 2 Present
Pineapple Multiple N/A N/A Mesocarp 1 Present
Squash Simple Fleshy Pepo Mesocarp 2 Absent
Mango Simple Fleshy Drupe Mesocarp 2 Absent
Coconut Simple Fleshy Drupe Endosperm 1 Present
Kalamansi Simple Fleshy Hesperidium Endocarp 2 Absent
Stringbean Simple Dry-dehiscent Legume Entire fruit 2 Absent
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II. Draw and label the parts as indicated

A. Corn seed (pericarp, endosperm, scutellum, epicotyl, coleoptile, radicle, coleorhiza)

Pericarp
Endosperm
Scutellu
m Epicotyl
Coleoptile
Radicle
Coleorhiza

B. Bean seed (hilum, testa, micropyle, cotyledon, radicle, hypocotyl, epicotyl, embryo)

Testa
Epicotyl
Hilu
Embry Hypocotyl m
o Micropyle
Radicle Cotyledon

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