24 April 2015

Puhala tree seed pod


Photo via Teachings of Reason and Radiolab, neither of which provide credit re the original photographer and source.  I think I tracked it to colleeninhawaii.

(Reposted from 2013 for Arbor Day 2015) 

7 comments:

  1. BarbwireFebruary 11, 2013 at 8:07 PM

    Are all the little florets seeds, or only the large central mass?

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  2. David CrewsFebruary 11, 2013 at 10:34 PM

    It's wonderful. Reminds me of one of those artwork graphics for science of an exploding star shedding its outer layers.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 11:52 PM

    It's really tasty too.

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  4. CACFebruary 11, 2013 at 11:57 PM

    The seeds are in the segments, the middle bit is just filler. If you search for "pandanus fruit" you can find a bunch more cool things, like Pandanus conoideus fruit.

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  5. BarbwireFebruary 13, 2013 at 5:24 PM

    Thanks, CAC. I was just too lazy to look it up. I shall now remedy that.

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  6. RebeckyFebruary 18, 2013 at 7:12 AM

    Thank you for posting this! I see these pods all over Okinawa but never knew what they were

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  7. JeneratorsApril 24, 2015 at 8:45 PM

    Looks like Krypton exploding!

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