Agricultural
pearl millet
CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Bluish apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
end and light brown toward the base
Smooth
Hard and stiff
Hard and stiff
EmbryoEmbryo:
A rudimentary plant contained in a seed, usually consisting of a more or less differentiated axis and attached cotyledon(s).
is over half the caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa). length.
Thick caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa). protrudes from the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
and paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo.
at maturity. Commercial seed consists almost entirely of hulled caryopsesCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa). with many damaged by conditioning.
Not listed
Included
Poaceae
Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.
Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone
Panicum americanum L.
Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke
Pennisetum typhoides auct. non (Burm.) Stapf & C.E. Hubbard
