Elaiosome
🦋 Ecology●●● Advanced
A fleshy, oil- and sugar-rich appendage attached to a seed. Ants carry the seed back to the nest, eat the elaiosome and discard the seed unharmed, dispersing the plant in the process.
A fleshy, oil- and sugar-rich appendage attached to a seed. Ants carry the seed back to the nest, eat the elaiosome and discard the seed unharmed, dispersing the plant in the process.