sarcotesta

{{Short description|Fleshy seedcoat}}

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The sarcotesta is a fleshy seedcoat,{{cite book|author1=Hickey, M. |author2=King, C. |year=2001|title=The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms|publisher=Cambridge University Press}} a type of testa. Examples of seeds with a sarcotesta are pomegranate and some cycad seeds. The sarcotesta of pomegranate seeds consists of epidermal cells derived from the integument, and there are no arils on these seeds.{{cite journal |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54734#page/653/mode/1up |author=Dahlgren, R. And R. F. Thorne |year=1984 |title=The order Myrtales: circumscription, variation, and relationships |journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden |volume=71 |issue=3 |pages=633–699 |doi=10.2307/2399158|jstor=2399158 }}