Gift of a Rare Vine
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National Tropical Botanical Garden staff made a gift to the monastery today. A rare vine Entada phaseoloides
Now, that's a serious seed pod!
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It has the world’s largest seedpod. These are small ones! Thanks to NTBG, a great tropical resource.
Polished seeds from this native of the Philippines
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Its giant seeds are called Matchbox Seeds and are said to be medicinally important, especially for digestive ailments. It’s a rare vine, with some fragrance, one we have never been able to find even on the Web where you can find pretty much anything in the known universe.
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