What color would you observe after adding the iodine to the inside of a lima bean seed?

Question

What does that indicate about the food contents of the seed for the developing embryo?

Answer 1

Iodine is a starch test.

Bean seeds have starch.

The color seen is a blue-black

The starch is the food for the developing embryo.

Answer 2

By adding iodine, it would turn purple indicating the presence of starch.  Starch is stored as food in the bean seed.