EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Samara: A dry indehiscent fruit in which part of the fruit wall grows out into a wing. It can be single or double seeded. E.g, maple. Grain: A one seeded dry indehiscent fruit in which the fruit wall and the seed coat are fused.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Samara is an independent dry indehiscent fruit which has part of the fruit wall extended to form a wing (i.e. not a winged seed inside another type of seed pod). This is the fruit of a Maple (Acer). This is a Schizocarpic Samara, because the fruit splits into its separate Samaras.

Detailed explanation-3: -A samara (/səˈmɑːrə/, UK also: /ˈsæmər-/) is a winged achene, a type of fruit in which a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue develops from the ovary wall. A samara is a simple dry fruit, and is indehiscent (not opening along a seam).

Detailed explanation-4: -Indehiscent fruits-Dry fruits which do not open when mature to shed their seeds. Many of this group are one seeded fruits. i. Achene-A one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit; the one seed is attached to the fruit wall at a single point.

Detailed explanation-5: -The types of indehiscent fruits are the achene, the samara, the caryopsis, nuts and schizocarps. The examples of indehiscent fruits are sunflowers and dandelions.