Seeds, Plant, Flower power all in a single frame!
Rubber vine, this is.
As if the beauty of its flowers is not enough, the 'seed pack' is precision engineering at its best; a hard triangular outer shell wherein just one side of the pack bursts open when time is right and the seeds parachute out!
The curious kid in me got hold of such a pod just before it was 'ready', used a hard knife to splice open the pod... only to see the seeds and the 'parachutes' kept separately within the tubular single shell structure; the 'parachute' attaches to the seeds probably in the last minute before getting ejected...
Having learnt the invaluable lesson (that Nature knows best when to unpack!) this kid swore never to repeat this experiment :-)
PS: Rubber vine is a perennial, ever green, fast growing keeper with beautiful violet flowers that stay fresh for a day or two after plucking when kept in water. By the way, commercial grade rubber runs in its veins...er...vines and that's why the name!
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