If fruit protects it's seeds/pulp than why are strawberry seeds on the outside?!
If fruit protects it's seeds/pulp than why are strawberry seeds on the outside?
Answers:
Kay - This will explain it much better than I could:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/strawberrie...
The strawberry is an accessory fruit; that is, the fleshy part is derived not from the ovaries which are the "seeds" (actually achenes) but from the peg at the bottom of the hypanthium that held the ovaries. So from a technical standpoint, the seeds are the actual fruits of the plant, and the flesh of the strawberry is modified receptacle tissue. It is whitish-green as it develops and in most species turns red when ripe.
BBWCHATT
The old lady in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA