Talk:Samara (fruit)
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[edit]Ive read that maple fruits are actually schizocarps —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.10.212.52 (talk) 14:42, 18 September 2007 (UTC) The etymology would be interesting... Jason —Preceding unsigned comment added by JasonCollett7 (talk • contribs) 15:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Wingnuts?
[edit]I always heard samara refered to as wingnuts. Is this inaccurate? Is there a reason not to include such a reference here? Grye (talk) 06:38, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
Spurious citations removed
[edit]I am removing the citations from:
- The seed can be in the centre of the wing, as in the elms (genus Ulmus), the hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata), and the bushwillows (genus Combretum).[1][2]
- ^ Barnes, Charles Reid (1881). Catalogue of the phaenogamous and vascular cryptogamous plants of Indiana. JSTOR 2556570.
- ^ Transactions of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society. Douglas & Foulis. 1881-01-01.
The first of these is certainly spurious (the book is also here). It is just a list of plant names, not remotely relevant to the statement. The second citation is not available in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, unlike later issues of the journal, but in any case, the citation is inexact and therefore provides no benefit to the reader. (How does this trash accumulate?!) Sminthopsis84 (talk) 20:58, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
Popular name
[edit]Back in Maple Heights we called them "twirlers".
Question for Botanist: single wing?
[edit]Would mahogany qualify as a samara? See photo inset on its page for image of a seed, which has a singe-winged shape that enables it to flutter to the ground during wind dispersal. If not a samara, the mahogany page should be updated with an accurate term.Martindo (talk) 00:33, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
- Yes they are samaras--Kevmin § 00:43, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. Please correct what I added and indicate if it's accurate to make an analogy with single-rotor helicopters. Martindo (talk) 01:35, 9 October 2022 (UTC)