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Field Notes

Description:

Smooth shell, with something smaller inside. Cracked it open and found a smaller seed/nut in there. The shell ended up being fairly thick, averaging around an 1/8".

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (12)

how interesting ! - looks like you're getting closer to an ID. I hope you find out what it is - would like to know. Thanks for posting this.
Interesting...looks chiseled out of wood
Yeah it annoys me to see that since I am often surrounded by the real "sagu".
They do look very much like a Metroxylon sagu nut: http://palmweb.org/?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/dc79a5ce-dcc9-400d-bc8c-ebd2eafc4b32 There seems to be a whole heap of confusing on the net about this Palm, with loads of pictures showing Cycads, especially the 'Sago Palm' Cycas revoluta but labelled with the name Metroxylon. I'd be surprised if it was a Cycad seed and not a Palm
I think it is some sort of cycad seed, I just don't know what.
Can't be, but looks somewhat like (the outside of) a sago (Metroxylon sagu) nut.
I would assume so but I'm not sure. My aunt was given them to try and identify and she's not sure where they came from.
there really pretty , are they like a pine cone ? what does the tree look like? are they from a tree?
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PublishedNovember 24, 2011

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