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and is non-toxic. All other parts of the yew are toxic, including the seed housed inside the aril. If the seed is crushed, breaks or splits in the stomach of a human, bird or another animal, it will result in poisoning. Birds digest the fleshy aril as a food source, and pass the seeds out in their
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typical of most gymnosperms, the reproductive structure of the yew consists of a single seed that becomes surrounded by a fleshy, cup-like covering. This covering is derived from a highly modified cone scale.
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of the ovary. The fleshy, edible pericarp splits neatly in two halves, then falling away or being eaten to reveal a brightly coloured pseudaril around the black seed.
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seed. Arils and arillodes are often edible enticements that encourage animals to transport the seed, thereby assisting in seed dispersal.
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Anderson, E. & Owens, J. N. (2003). Analysing the reproductive biology of Taxus: should it be included in Coniferales?
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is sometimes distinguished: whereas an aril grows from the attachment point of the seed to the
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Banerji, I.; Chaudhuri, K.L. (1944), "A contribution to the life history of
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is sometimes called an arillode or false aril. It grows partly from the
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Ramos-Ordonez, M. F.; Arizmendi, M. D. C.; Marquez-Guzman, J. (2012).
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fruits are highly developed arils surrounding the seed rather than a
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Membranous or fleshy appendage that partly or wholly covers a seed
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The juicy, swollen, red stalk which holds the seed is known as
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layer. Such arils are also found in a few species of
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Litchi chinensis
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