Erythrina fusca
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Erythrina fusca is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is known by many common names, including purple coraltree, gallito, bois immortelle, bucayo, and the more ambiguous "b
Erythrina fusca
Drift seed
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Drift seeds and drift fruit are seeds and fruit adapted for long-distance dispersal by water. Most are produced by tropical trees, and they can be found on distant beaches after drifting thousands of
Erythrina fusca
…and light orange flowers. Its legume pods reach 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length and contain dark brown seeds. The seeds are buoyant, allowing them disperse across oceans. The tree is highly adapted to coastal conditions, tolerant of both flooding and salinity. Like many other species in the genus Erythrina, E. fusca…
Drift seeds of three legume species found at Kanda on the southern Mozambique coast in May 2004: 1. Snuff box sea bean (Entada rheedei) 2. Grey nickernut (Caesalpinia bonduc) 3. a,b Colour forms of ox-eye beans (Mucuna gigantea)
Nickernuts in fruit capsule
Seaheart seeds
Box fruit found washed up on a beach at Mnazi Bay, Tanzania, December 2006