Elaiosomes (Ancient Greek: ἔλαιον élaion "oil" + σόμα sóma "body") are fleshy structures that are attached to the seeds of many plant species. The elaiosome...

flowering plants, the diaspore is a seed and fruit together, or a seed and elaiosome. In a few plants, the diaspore is most or all of the plant, and is known...

worldwide distribution. Most myrmecochorous plants produce seeds with elaiosomes, a term encompassing various external appendages or "food bodies" rich...

In myrmecochory, seeds such as those of Chelidonium majus have a hard coating and an attached oil body, an elaiosome, for dispersal by ants....

excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy Caruncle, an elaiosome (fleshy structure attached to the seed), especially in the plant family...

a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes, and put the seeds in their...

source for Māori. The washed arils were called koroi and were eaten raw. Elaiosome, fleshy structures attached to the seeds of many plant species Galbulus...

biting off the seed with its elaiosome and then carrying the seed away for about 100 m. There they chew off the elaiosome and abandon the seed which is...

eglandular Not having glands. elaiosome An external structure attached to the seed of many species of plants. Elaiosomes generally look fleshy and in some...

are small and black, borne in a long, cylindrical capsule. Each has an elaiosome, which attracts ants to disperse the seeds (myrmecochory). Chelidonium...

Mayer V (2005). "The fate of Corydalis cava elaiosomes within an ant colony of Myrmica rubra: elaiosomes are preferentially fed to larvae". Insectes Sociaux...

finches apparently consuming the ovaries and nectaries. The seeds have an elaiosome and are spread by ants (myrmecochory). The wild primrose is a staple of...

species such as Diapheromera femorata have fleshy projections resembling elaiosomes (fleshy structures sometimes attached to seeds) that attract ants. When...

which have appendages called elaiosomes (e.g. bloodroot, trilliums, acacias, and many species of Proteaceae). Elaiosomes are soft, fleshy structures that...

morphologically in the presence of more pulp, an aril, and sometimes an elaiosome (primarily for ants), which are other fleshy structures. Epizoochory occurs...

The flowers may be mauve, purple, red, or white. The seeds contain an elaiosome that attracts ants, which transport the seeds into their ant colony. This...

different quantity of seeds. The seeds are black grains with one white elaiosome of variable size. The seeds are dispersed through myrmecochory; that is...

mammals eat the fruits. The extremely tiny seeds have extremely tiny elaiosomes, and are thus most likely dispersed by ants. The seeds are packed into...

plant species in the family Orobanchaceae. The seed of the plant has an elaiosome, which is attractive to wood ants (Formica spp.). The ants disperse the...

scenario. The ants are provided with an elaiosome, a detachable food body found on the surface of the seed. Elaiosomes have diverse compositions, usually high...

e.g. ants. Ants harvest the seed, attracted by the fleshy, oil-rich elaiosome (or seed stalk), which they bury and store in widely dispersed locations...

which are round and swollen with a hard coat, sometimes with an attached elaiosome. The testa is black and the pericarp dry. Most species have 12 ovules...

ants disperse seeds are myrmecochory, or seed dispersal mediated by the elaiosome, i.e., a lipid-rich seed appendage that mainly attracts non-granivorous...

flies can be 1024-ploid. Ploidy of systems such as the salivary gland, elaiosome, endosperm, and trophoblast can exceed this, up to 1048576-ploid in the...

seeds have a warty appendage called the caruncle, which is a type of elaiosome. The caruncle promotes the dispersal of the seed by ants (myrmecochory)...

also contain elaiosomes, fleshy structures rich in protein and lipids. The seeds are collected and stored underground by ants. The elaiosomes are eaten,...

lipid-rich attachment called the elaiosome, which attracts ants. Ants carry such seeds into their colonies, feed the elaiosome to their larvae and discard...

a part of the female Lepidoptera genitalia a structure similar to an elaiosome, found on the eggs of some species of stick insects This disambiguation...

almost exclusively on Beltian bodies. Plant defence against herbivory Elaiosome Eubanks, Micky D.; Kimberly A. Nesci; Mette K. Petersen; Zhiwei Liu; Horacio...

their nest by sinking their jaws in the fleshy elaiosome. Once in the underground nests, the elaiosome is consumed. The smooth and hard seeds that remain...