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Entada gigas : ウィキペディア英語版 | Entada gigas
''Entada gigas'', commonly known as the monkey-ladder, sea bean, Cœur de la Mer or Sea Heart, is a species of flowering liana in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Central America, the Caribbean, northern South America, and Africa. It is notable for having the family's largest seedpods, which measure across and can reach in length. Inside the pods are ten to fifteen seeds, each of which have a diameter of and a thickness of . The seeds contain a hollow cavity, which gives them buoyancy. After being washed by rain into rivers and then the ocean, the seeds of ''E. gigas'' drift long distances on ocean currents. Seed buoyancy and vitality lasts at least two years. ==References==
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