Question

Which seeds contain hooks?
(a) Mapple
(b) Apple
(c) Entelea
(d) Coconut

Answer 1

Hint: A shrub or little tree to 6 m with large lime-like leaves giving a tropical impression, which develops in the low forest along the coast of the North Island and the northern tip of the South Island. The dry fruit capsules are very obviously brown and surrounded by spines.

Complete step by step answer:
Plants produce new plants by dispersing their seeds. They make sure that they disperse their seeds as far as possible. So as to realize this, they use the assistance of winds, animals, etc. Hooks present on definite seeds assist them to bind to animals facilitating their dispersal. After dispersal, under favorable conditions, these seeds will produce new plants. Entelia is a tree native to New Zealand which disperses its seeds with the assistance of hooks on the seed surface.

Additional information: The plant has never been found for quite 8 km. They need 4 or 5 sepals and petals. The species is extremely light-demanding and is unable to measure under an unbroken canopy. It cannot tolerate even moderate cold, strong wind, or really dry or ill-drained soil. Its development is sporadic even in undisturbed coastal forests. In lowland rain-forest what is rare, a present only part from streams in valleys near the coast where open ground and sufficient warmth and lightweightness are found.
So, the correct answer is ‘Entelea’.

Note: In its natural habitat, the tree depends mainly for fulfillment upon its prodigious seed production, the remarkably long lifetime of the seed, and, after germination, rapid climb. Different names involve 'New Zealand mulberry', 'corkwood', and 'evergreen lime'.