DescriptionCompilation of seeds with elaiosomes 3.jpg
English: Seed of Corydalis cava (Papaveraceae) with a white or yellowish appendage called an elaiosome. This fat body attracts ants, which carry the seed to their nest. Seed dispersal by ants is known as myrmecochory.
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Seed of Corydalis cava (Papaveraceae) with a white or yellowish appendage called an elaiosome. This fat body attracts ants, which carry the seed to their nest. Seed dispersal by ants is known as myrmecochory.