Dahlem Seed Bank Opens New Center And Repository

BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 27: Seeds of Salacca zalacca, also called the edible Salak palm, from Sumatra lie on display at the new center and repository of the Dahlem Seed Bank on its opening day on March 27, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The Dahlem Seed Bank, which is part of the Freie Universitaet Berlin university, specializes in collecting seeds from wild plants from all over the world, with emphasis on plants from northeastern Germany as well as the Caucuses. The repository contains millions of stored seeds from 7,000 species and sub-species. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)