An example of a seed with endosperm, perisperm, and caruncle is
- coffee
- lily
- castor
- cotton
Answer
(3) castor
Solution
As per NCERT, castor is an endospermic (albuminous) seed: the food is stored in a well-developed endosperm.
⇒ The castor seed bears a spongy outgrowth of the integument at the micropylar end called the caruncle, and a thin remnant of the nucellus persists as perisperm.
∵ Coffee and lily have endosperm but no caruncle, and cotton seeds bear hairs instead,
∴ castor is the seed with endosperm, perisperm and caruncle.
Answer: (3)