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Coconut seed is an endospermous seed . In tender stage it has liquid endosperm . But when the embryo becomes completely matured there is only solid endosperm.
(a) What is the function of endosperm?
(b) Write the functional difference between liquid and solid endosperm .

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(a ) Endosperm is a nutritive tissue . It provides nourishment to the developing embryo. In angiosperms endosperm is triploid and is formed after fertilization .
(b) In coconut two forms of endosperms are present . In the beginning the endosperm is in liquid state and in later stage it is in solid state . Liquid endosperm provides food for the development of zygote into embryo . solid endosperm provides food to the fully developed embryo for its future development .
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