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Old 26-04-2003, 01:27 PM
P van Rijckevorsel
 
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Lots of them
Some of them are the spitting image of maple keys, only single
Technically they are single seeded pods.
Try Vatairea and Machaerium scleroxylon for maple look-alikes

Another model is found in Pterocarpus (nomen est omen),
more like Dipteronia
PvR

Iris Cohen schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Somebody from Israel wrote to rec.gardens asking for the ID of a tree. All

he gave us to go on was a drawing of a samara. I first thought of maples
(there are 2 in Israel), but come to find out it is Tipuana tipu, common
name Pride of Bolivia (although it comes from eastern SA). Belongs to the
Papilionaceae, with yellow pea flowers, & is widely planted in warm
countries. Anybody know if there are any other Papilionaceae that produce
samaras or keys? I thought they all stuck to pods. Never too old to learn
something new, as Laun (?) says.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
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