Friday 23 February 2018

Handedness in winged seeds

Winged seeds of Swietenia macrophylla (on the right) and Sterculia (possibly foetida) on the left.

Both species seem to show both left handed and right handed spiralling while coming down, which is reflected in their structure too. The spiral would possibly reflect in the symmetry of the other floral parts too. 

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in good faith, krishna mb.
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