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Balloonplant
Asclepias physocarpa
0.261169, 34.8845
Field Notes
Description:
The capsule is a pale green, and in shape an inflated sphere. It is covered with rough hairs. It reaches three inches in diameter. The leaves are light green, linear to lanceolate and 3 to 4 inches long, 1.2 cm broad. The seeds have silky tufts.
Habitat:
grassland patches in rainforest. native to southeast Africa, widely naturalized
Notes:
I spotted this strange looking seedpod in Kakamega national park.
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