Japanese Maple Samara モミジの翼果

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

These look like propellers, don't they? They're samaras of Japanese maple and as you can see, each is double-winged, containing two seeds. They can travel a long distance before landing using the wind, which is Japanese maple's strategy to expand its habitat. Amazing, isn't it! I wanna see them fly!! 

Samaras of Japanese maple モミジの翼果

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イロハモミジの翼果です。中に種があってそれを遠くに飛ばすためのモミジの「戦略」だそうです。飛んでるところ見てみたいな～。

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