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Acacia nilotica

A, seed; B, embryo in situ; C, transection of seed; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler

Acacia nilotica

legumes of A. nilotica ssp. kraussiana; photo: © C. J. Botha, University of Pretoria, South Africa


Acacia nilotica

seed removed from single-seeded section of pod of A. nilotica ssp. kraussiana; courtesy EcoPort (www.ecoport.org): M. Jooste

Acacia nilotica

herbarium specimens showing moniliform (subspecies nilotica) and non-moniliform (subspecies adstringens) fruits of A. nilotica; photos & specimens: © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew


Acacia nilotica

immature pods of A. nilotica ssp. leiocarpa which will turn black when mature, Kenya; courtesy EcoPort (www.ecoport.org): C. W. Fagg

Acacia nilotica

Acacia nilotica ssp. subalata from Madagascar; photo: © D. Du Puy, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew


Acroptilon repens

embryo seen in longitudinal section of achene

Aeginetia spp.

Aeginetia indica. A, seed; B, longitudinal section of seed showing embryo; C, transection of seed; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler


Aeginetia spp.

Aeginetia japonica Siebold & Zucc. seeds


Ageratina adenophora

A, achene; B, outline showing entire pappus; C, longitudinal section showing embryo; D, transection; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler



Ageratina riparia

A, achene; B, outline showing entire pappus; C, longitudinal section showing embryo; D, transection; drawing by Lynda E. Chandler

Alectra spp.

Alectra arvensis (Benth.) Merr. seeds