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Hyptis suaveolens

Photo by VivBraznell
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Field Notes

Description:

This seed has some kind of sticky coating around it

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Hyptis suaveolens

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
VivBraznell
I think you could be correct Nuwan. I've just found this extract from WikiGenes - Hyptis "The acidic polysaccharide from the seed-coat mucilage of Hyptis suaveolens is a highly branched ............." Not particularly knowledgeable in this area, but seed-coat mucilage would describe the sticky coating
NuwanChathuranga
Hyptis suaveolens ? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14217054
Andrea Lim
PS. Don't know what the sticky glob is ;-)
Andrea Lim
It looks like it is related to: Family, Lamiaceae, Hyptis sp. http://lrm.nt.gov.au/weeds2/find/hyptis#.UXUoVMpti5I I can find things close but not exactly like your photo. Good luck Viv!

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Biodiversity of Thailand
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PublishedNovember 5, 2011

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