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Javan Cucumber

Alsomitra macrocarpa

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large, flat, 4" seed pod with transparent wings

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

Species in the family Dipterocarpaceae are the dominant species in lowland rainforests in SE Asia and reach their greatest diversity in Borneo. Bogani Nani Wartabone national park.

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Comments (8)

You're welcome, Dan ... lucky Google hit.
I think you're right suz, looks more like Alsomitra macrocarpa, thanks!
Ah, yeah, gotcha. Flamboyantly beautiful. Any chance it could be something that was climbing up the tree? Maybe Alsomitra macrocarpa ... just a stray thought.
I do have good luck with seeds. Not really a special liking just for them but anything cool or different that I come across.
You find the most fascinating seed pods!! Do you have a special liking for seeds?
Thanks john and suz. It does dwarf a maple samara big time! I didn't see the tree close up. It's one of the rainforest giants, with the canopy beginning 20 - 30m above the ground, so all you see is the buttress roots and trunk.
How knock-back is that? Makes maple samara seem positively tame... what does the tree look like?

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