1950’s / Established by Dr. Sachiko Kurosawa / Dried specimen / Department of Botany, UMUT

Seeds may have a hard coat to protect the juvenile plant inside from drought, water and predators. Even though the plant cannot move by itself, they can be carried far away from the parent plant. Fruits are designed to release seeds by hanging and splitting open. Fruits and seeds may have wings or long hairs like cotton that carry them with the wind. Corky tissues make them light so that they can be carried by wind or to aid in floating on ocean currents and in rivers and streams.