Structure of Dicotyledonous Seed

Explore the dicotyledonous seed like never before with a virtual simulation that lets you rotate, zoom, and click through each layer of the chickpea seed. On the outside lies the seed coat, marked with the hilum and micropyle, while inside you’ll find two large, fleshy cotyledons storing food and enclosing the embryo. The embryo itself is made up of a short axis with the plumule at one end and the radicle at the other, clearly revealing how dicots differ from monocots with their two cotyledons instead of one.