A seed flying like a bullet: ballistic seed dispersal in Chinese witch-hazel (Hamamelis mollis OLIV., Hamamelidaceae)
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DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2019.0327
Abstract: The fruits of Chinese witch-hazel (Hamamelis mollis, Hamamelidaceae) act as ‘drying squeeze catapults', shooting their seeds several metres away. During desiccation, the exocarp shrinks and splits open, and subsequent endocarp deformation is a complex three-dimensional… read more here.
Keywords: witch hazel; seed; hazel hamamelis; chinese witch ... See more keywords