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Platypodium elegans
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    “Flying” Trees

    The canopy trees Platypodium elegans and Tachigalia versicolor (see suicide tree) produce single-winged fruits similar to those of maple trees common in temperate zones. In the case of P. elegans, each fruit is attached to a twig by the tip of its wing and has a dry weight…

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    The canopy trees Platypodium elegans and Tachigalia versicolor (see suicide tree) produce single-winged fruits similar to those of maple trees common in temperate zones. In the case of P. elegans, each fruit is attached to a twig by the tip of its wing and has a dry weight…

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