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Balloon Plant
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
7.0547, 80.6996
Field Notes
Description:
Shrub. The small flowers are white and inverted. Seed pods are spiny and balloon-like. Translucent lime green when young; papery and shriveled when about to burst.
Habitat:
Garden of the hotel at Ramboda Falls, Sri Lanka bordering the trail that leads to the Falls.
Notes:
I have seen this plant in different parts of India too but never with the seeds. Seed dispersal will be air-mediated because of the silken filaments which will help in making the seeds be air-borne.
Syn: Asclepias physocarpa
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 22, 2017
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