Samara (fruit)

type of non-opening dry fruit with a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Samara (fruit)

A samara is an achene, a type of dry winged botanical fruit.[1] The shape of a samara enables the wind to carry the seed farther away than regular seeds from the parent tree:[2]

  • The seed can be in the centre of the wing, like the elms and the hoptree.[3][4]
  • The seed can be on one side, with the wing extending to the other side, making the seed self rotate it falls.[5]
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vine maple (Acer circinatum)
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samara of Combretum zeyheri
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Seeds of the tropical ash (Fraxinus uhdei)

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