Friday

Blown by the wind - Seeds.

Some plants have the seed structure that are useful
for the dispersion by the wind action. Below are two of
them.

seeds of Pergularia daemia.
The tightly packed seeds of Pergularia daemia.


Pergularia daemia.
Pergularia daemia.




seed of Pergularia daemia.
The seed of Pergularia daemia. The children play with
these seeds.



The gyrocarpus seeds.
The gyrocarpus seeds. They are also called as Whirling Nuts
and Helicopter Tree. They are used by the children as play
things.

Links (External)
1. Whirling nuts.
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4 comments:

  1. Diane AZSeptember 26, 2010 at 1:47 AM

    Fascinating seeds, I can see why children would like to play with them. :)

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  2. JulieSeptember 27, 2010 at 7:29 AM

    These are definately made for flyin!!! Cool shots!

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  3. RajeshSeptember 28, 2010 at 12:57 AM

    Wonderful shots. As a kid even I have played with them.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 20, 2023 at 7:34 AM

    While 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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