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THE WORLD'S SMALLEST AND LARGEST SEED
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- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 10:56:20 -0800
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THE WORLD'S SMALLEST AND LARGEST SEED
Certain epiphytic orchids of the tropical rain forest produce the
world's smallest seeds weighing only 35 millionths of an ounce. They are
dispersed into the air like minute dust particles or single-celled
spores, eventually coming to rest in the upper canopy of rain forest
trees. The world's largest seed comes from the coco-de-mer palm
(Lodoicea maldivica), native to the Seychelles Archipelago in the Indian
Ocean. A single seed may be 12 inches long, nearly three feet in
circumference and weigh 40 pounds.
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