Alsomitra macrocarpa

Flight seed of Mitra So macrocarpa

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So Mitra macrocarpa ( syn.. Macrozanonia macrocarpa (Blume ) Cogn, Zanonia macrocarpa Flower) is the only species of the monotypic genus Mitra So within the gourd family ( Cucurbitaceae ). It is widespread in Southeast Asia in the tropical lowland forest.

It grows as a climbing, perennial herbaceous plant.

Flugsamen

The gliding ability of the flight semen obtained by dry Flughäutchen four-inch wingspan.

Friedrich Ahlborn described in his studies on the " stability of the flying machines " (1897 ), the aerodynamic stability of the Zanonia flight semen. Ignaz Etrich used from 1903 this model successfully in the development of the first Nurflügels.

Swell

• Hanno Schaefer & Susanne S. Renner: Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family ( Cucurbitaceae ), In: Taxon, Volume 60 (1 ), pp. 122-138: Full-text PDF, page 129.
• So Mitra macrocarpa (Blume ) M.Roem. - Entry in Tropicos.