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Drift Seeds and Drift Fruits
... pods, capsules and the heads of Asteraceae may be carried by ocean currents and washed ashore on distant beaches. In his Origin of Species, 1859 (Chapter 12 Geographical Distribution: Means ... (Entada gigas) Mary's Beans (Merremia discoidesperma) Nickernuts (Caesalpinia bonduc & C. major) Strangler Fig Washed Ashore On Grand Cayman Drift Seed References Armstrong, W.P. 1998. "Seagrasses of the Pacific ...
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Drift Fruits
... & Seeds Most of these disseminules are dried fruits, endocarps and portions of fruits that were washed ashore on tropical beaches of Caribbean islands and tropical America. They came from trees and shrubs ... ) has smaller seeds. The dried, wave-worn, fruits and seeds of both species occasionally wash ashore on beaches of the Caribbean islands, Mexico and the southeastern United States. Back To The ...
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Mucuna--Sea Beans
... ) produces the layered appearance, and their superficial resemblance to a miniature hamburger. Sea beans are washed down gullies and creeks where they are carried into rivers that eventually flow into the ... a flattened side that superficially resembles the bottom of a purse. [In fact, Dioclea seeds washed ashore on beaches are often referred to as "sea purses" by beachcombers.] Also the black hilum ...
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Nickernut
... of C. ciliata are not as buoyant as C. bonduc, so they are not commonly washed ashore along beaches. The smooth, marblelike seeds of nickernuts have a distinctive attachment scar and faint ...
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The Mary's Bean
... the origin of all the countless seeds and pods that are washed ashore on remote tropical beaches. Hundreds of species of flowering plants ... are a delight to beachcombers looking for exotic drift seeds washed ashore from distant rain forests. The Mary's bean comes from ... the subject of other Noteworthy Plant articles). The seeds commonly get washed down rivers where they drift out to sea. As a drift ...
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Stranglers & Banyans
... a "bearded" appearance. Occasionally, a strangler fig wrapped around the trunk of a palm is washed ashore on a Caribbean beach, evidence of the powerful forces of hurricanes that sweep across this ... huge kapok (Ceiba pentandra). Strangler fig (possibly Ficus aurea) wrapped around palm trunk that was washed ashore on the island of Grand Cayman. Photo by Harriett Feeney. In Yucatan and Central America ...
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Copaifera: Costa Rican Drift Pod
... the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. The flattened seed pods of Prioria copaifera are commonly washed ashore along these beaches. After consulting many references and several noted authorities on legumes, the WAYNE ... appears that we finally have a name for the curious drift fruits that commonly float ashore on the beautiful beaches of Costa Rica. Other Drift Seed Articles: Beautiful Sea Hearts (Entada ...
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