is this mamey seed germinated?

[brian]

I got a mamey fruit today and one of the seeds looks like it has a growth, I can't tell if this is just a part of the fruit or if this is growth from the seed.  It seems to be spilling out around the hard seed coat which mostly fell away.

[Tropicalgrower89]

That is part of the seed. The reddish pointed end should be where the tap root would grow from. The seed will then open up into two halves and a shoot that would produce leaves would pop out once the root has grown out. I would plant that seed with the pointed end facing downward at around a 20 to 45 degree angle with the top part of the seed (non-pointed blunt end) just barely below or at soil level. I've seen them planted vertically into the soil with the seed buried 3/4ths of the way. Looks like the seed is primed for growth.