Tag: monocot seed

Monocot seeds are mostly endospermic, but Alisma is a monocot non -endospermic seed. In most monocotyledons the seeds are endospermic. The embryo is embedded in the endosperm which the seedling will use upon germination. In few they are non-endospermic seeds like that of dicotylednous plants where the endosperm is absorbed by the embryo as the latter grows within the developing seed and the cotyledons of the embryo become filled with stored food. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Cocos nucifera, the coconut palm, is a monocot perennial member of the Arecaceae, cultivated in tropical areas worldwide for its fruit and fiber. Coir, the fiber from the husk of the coconut is used in ropes, mats, door mats, brushes, sacks, caulking for boats, and as stuffing fiber for mattresses. It is used in horticulture in potting compost, especially in orchid mix. Thus, option A is correct. Corchorus, Clematis and Crotalaria are dicot plants. Thus, other options are wrong.

Sunflower is an oil seed plant (Helianthus annus L). The seeds of sunflower has 39 to 49% of oil.  It is the premium cooking oil because it has high level of unsaturated fatty acids. 

In monocot seeds, the radicle is enclosed in a protective sheath called the coleorhiza, while the plumule is enclosed in a sheath called the coleoptile.

The 'bird of paradise flower', or 'crane flower' as it is sometimes known, was first introduced into Britain in 1773 by Sir Joseph Banks. The plant itself can reach up to 5 feet in height with a 2-3 foot spread. The plant is trunk less, compact and clustering but slow growing with fleshy roots. S. reginae has banana shaped stiff- leathery, concave, oblong, bluish-gray leaves with a pale or red midrib. The leaves are attached to a long stalk that sometimes reaches up to 2 feet in length.