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Entada rheedii
Plant... pod, that measures up to 2 m long and 150 mm wide. Seeds are shiny, hard, dark brown, ± 50 × 35 mm. Entada ... plant. Flowers produce gigantic pods that contain large seeds. The seeds are dispersed by water, and it takes some years before ...
Paranomus dregei
Plant... Paranomus dregei is killed by fire and reproduces by seeds that are stored in the ground (reseeder). The seeds are smooth nuts, entirely covered with an elaiosome, which the ants feed on. The seeds are carried by ants to their nests underground, the ...
Leucadendron pubescens
Plant... into spring (July to October) and peaks in July. The seeds are nut-like, 11 mm in diameter, and ripen in October ... attracted by the yeast scented flowers. When the nut-like seeds are ripe, they immediately drop to the ground and are ... and bury them in caches. Although they consume some of the seeds, many are left uneaten and are stored underground, safe ...
Liparia hirsuta
Plant... Leaf shape is oblanceolate to obovate. The flowers and seeds are characteristic of taxa in the Papilionoideae. ... and April. Seed pods are hairy, erect and contain few seeds. Not much is known about pollination mechanisms in ... by a single main stem at the base. Liparia hirsuta seeds are dispersed by ants (myrmecochory). The seeds ...
... turning to brownish at maturity in winter (June). The seeds are roughly ovoid, 25–38 mm long and 23–30 mm wide, ... produce pollen, and female plants form cones that produce seeds. For quite a long time it was believed that cycads were ... hand-pollination methods are used to produce viable seeds. The fleshy outer coat is eaten and dispersed by ...
Podalyria buxifolia
Plant... and split during hot weather to release several small seeds with fleshy, collar-like arils. Podalyria buxifolia ... grow vigorously after fire or cutting. It also produces seeds which are expelled from dry pods. Seeds may be shot up to a metre away. Thereafter seeds are ...
Sorocephalus imbricatus
Plant... to midsummer (September to December) and releases the seeds three months after flowering; the seed is dark grey to ... is killed by fire and regenerates by seed (reseeder). The seeds are released from the plants when mature and drop to the ground. The seeds are nut-like and have a hard seed coat that is covered ...
Tylosema esculentum
Plant... stalks and reddish in colour, turning brown with age. The seeds are relatively large, 13–20 mm long and 12–18 mm ... and emergence percentage, confirming that marama bean seeds have no physiological dormancy. However, scarification of T. esculentum seeds has been shown to improve germination but the seeds ...
Gladiolus aureus
Plant... branches. Figure 3. Gladiolus aureus ripe capsules and seeds (Graham Duncan). The fruit is an oblong capsule, which, ... along 3 longitudinal lines. The russet-brown, oval-shaped seeds are surrounded by a prominent, light brown wing. Corms ... above the old one, during the growing period. The ripe seeds are aerodynamic, furnished with a papery wing. At the ...
Leucadendron argenteum
Plant... so that only the tips can be seen. After pollination, the seeds take several months to develop, during which time the ... a small percentage of the cones open and release their seeds in hot, dry weather. The easiest way to tell a female ... bark, adult trees are usually killed by fire and only the seeds survive. The seeds are kept safe in the large woody ...