Fwd: Biggest seed in dicots, back

[Daniel Janzen]

Mora excelsa, in the Fabaceae, a Central American tree (and probably
elsewhere in the neotropics) is probably the record-holder.  It is
water-dispersed, and at least on the southern Pacific coast of Costa
Rica, grows along the inner margins of mangrove swamps - the seeds
get there (and out of there) during exceptionally high tides).  Dan
Janzen


>Date:         Sun, 24 Apr 2005 14:04:08 +0900
>Reply-To: Hidenobu Funakoshi <alpinist at BLUE.PLALA.OR.JP>
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>From: Hidenobu Funakoshi <alpinist at BLUE.PLALA.OR.JP>
>Subject:      Biggest seed in dicots
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>Hi Taxacomers,
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>I wonder if someone out there let me know what is the
>biggest seed in dicots. Some sources said it must be
>Eusideroxylon zwageri  of Lauraceae, but I want to make
>it sure. Thanks in anticipation.
>
>regards,
>H.Funakoshi
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