Figure 1.

Dry masses of detached and attached cotyledons (A), whole seedlings (B), the shoot above the cotyledons insertions (C), and total leaf area of seedlings of H. courbaril (D). Seedlings with cotyledons grown under control conditions (control), in the darkness, or with the shoot excised above the cotyledons insertions at 34 d (excised). Cotyledons were detached at 19, 34, and 41 d and kept in water in the darkness. Germination (G), emergence of seedlings (E), and fall of cotyledons (F). Bars represent sd of the mean of five replicates.