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Javan cucumber

Alsomitra macrocarpa

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

about 6" long, translucent wings, seed in center

Habitat:

rainforest

Notes:

spotted these seeds flying through the air coming a vine growing up a towering Dipterocarp. they can land up to 1.25miles (2km) from their parent tree

Reference Links:

Alsomitra macrocarpa - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Javan cucumber

Alsomitra macrocarpa

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craigwilliams
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Comments (3)
Dan Doucette
Thanks craig for the proper ID! Not sure how you came to this old spotting but I appreciate it. I was way off on the ID but it was just a guess.
lori.tas
I saw some documentary (Attenburough, I think) that filmed these flying through the air. Simply amazing.

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Earth Week 2011
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Seeds and Seed Pods

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PublishedApril 25, 2011

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