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... is transferred between flowers of different trees, then cross pollination is accomplished. The tree supplies the hummingbird with sucrose-rich nectar for this valuable pollination service. The South American tipu tree (Tipuana tipu). Unlike the fruits of most members of the legume family, the unusual fruits have a distinctive wing that causes the legume to spin as it falls from the rain forest ...
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Fruit Identification Outline
... elm (Ulmus) and tree of heaven (Ailanthus). Samaras resemble the winged seeds of a pine, but they are truly one-seeded fruits with a pericarp layer surrounding the seed. The leguminous tipu tree (Tipuana tipu) has a winged fruit that certainly resembles a samara even though it belongs to the legume family (Leguminosae or Fabaceae). Like auto-rotation of helicopters, the samaras spin as they sail ...
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Open Directory - Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Fabaceae
... (8) Medicago (1) Melilotus (0) Mucuna (2) Myrospermum (1) Myroxylon (1) Phaseolus (2) Physostigma (3) Pueraria (7) Rhynchosia (1) Robinia (4) Sophora (7) Spartium (2) Strongylodon (1) Tipuana (1) Ulex (2) Vicia (2) Virgilia (1) Wisteria (1) See also: Science: Agriculture: Field Crops: Legumes (33) Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Caesalpiniaceae (39) ...
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