for the dispersion by the wind action. Below are two of
them.
The tightly packed seeds of Pergularia daemia.
Pergularia daemia.
The seed of Pergularia daemia. The children play with
these seeds.
The gyrocarpus seeds. They are also called as Whirling Nuts
and Helicopter Tree. They are used by the children as play
things.
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1. Whirling nuts.
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Fascinating seeds, I can see why children would like to play with them. :)
ReplyDeleteThese are definately made for flyin!!! Cool shots!
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots. As a kid even I have played with them.
ReplyDeleteWhile in Vietnam I saw these dropping from a tree and when they hit the ground they would start rotating and dig themselves in very strange as they seemed like they knew what they were doing
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