Dispersal Of Seeds

BY HENNA AFREEN P5 MARS

Meaning: Scattering it’s seeds away from

the mother plant.There are four types of dispersal, by wind,water, explosive mechanism and animals.

BY WATER[COCONUT]Characteristics: Has waxy skin and has air bubbles inside it’s husk.

[PONG PONG] Characteristics: Has waxy skin that is waterproof.

[The fruit is carried away by the water]

BY WIND[Shorea Seed]Characteristics: Looks like a shuttle cock.

[Angsana Seed] Characteristics: Light and looks like a wing.

[Is blown away by the wind]

[Is shot out of it’s casing]

BY EXPLOSIVE MECHANISM

[Iris Plant] Characteristics: Colourful seeds and Orchid-like flowers.

BY ANIMALS

[PAPAYA] Characteristics: Fleshy, edible and has a seed that can not be eaten.

[MANGO] Characteristics: Fleshy, edible and has a seed that can not be eaten.

[Animals eat the seed and then pass it out in their faeces]