arillate


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(of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover

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Seeds are discoid and arillate. The herb is reported to posses antiseptic properties.
In vitro organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis in Adenia hondala (Gaertn.) de Wilde, an endangered medicinal plant of the Western Ghats
Each follicle bears an average of 5.4 [+ or -] 4.6 arillate seeds (N = 94 follicles), with a range in fresh mass of 50-200 mg.
MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF POLLINATORS AND HERBIVORES: EVIDENCE FOR NON-ADDITIVITY IN A PERENNIAL HERB
The arillate seeds of tallow trees are high in lipids and protein (Potts and Bolley, 1946; Bitadze et at, 1992), with vegetable tallow contributing roughly 25% to seed weight (Bolley and McCormack, 1950; Siebert et at, 1986; Huoran and Pengxin, 1991).
Seed Dispersal of the Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.) by Birds in Coastal South Carolina
The first group contained the "Carisseae," "Ambelanieae" and "Macoubeeae" (fruit a fleshy, indehiscent berry) and the "Chilocarpeae" and "Tabernaemontaneae" (fruit consisting of dehiscent follicles with arillate seeds).
A Revised Classification of the Apocynaceae s.l
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