Name: Why do strawberries have seeds on the outside? | #aumsum
Uploaded: 2019-04-16T06:55:42.000Z
Duration: 1 min 9 s
Description: First of all, a fruit is formed from a flower. A flower consists of ovary, ovule, petals, sepals, stamens, etc. Most of these parts are attached to receptacle.\n\nNow,...

Why do strawberries have seeds on the outside?

First of all, a fruit is formed from a flower.

A flower consists of ovary, ovule, petals,
sepals, stamens, etc.

Most of these parts are attached to receptacle.

Now, usually after fertilization, the ovule
forms a seed and the ovary swells to form a fruit.

Whereas, the remaining parts of the flower
fall off.

Now, a strawberry flower has multiple ovaries.

When fetilization occurs, all the ovaries
form fruits but they don't swell.

Instead, the receptacle of the strawberry flower swells to form the red edible part of the strawberry.

The tiny fruits get embedded on the surface of the enlarged receptacle.

Thus, the seeds on the outside of the strawberry are actually tiny fruits, each of which contains a seed.