Planting unit

CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).

Shape

OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
to obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

• Length 7–8 mm 
• Width 3–4 mm 
• Thickness 3–4 mm

Color

Light brown 

Texture

GlabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
with tuft of hair on apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.

Lemma

Usually none

Palea

Usually none

Other structures

CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
is hard and semitranslucent, and its ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
crease is wide V-shaped.

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Triticum durum Desf.

Synonyms

Triticum pyramidale Percival