Self-healing seed pods In plants of the Australian genus Banksia, special waxes seal fissures in the fruit wall Date: July 3, 2018 Source: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ...

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Researchers have discovered a self-sealing mechanism in the seed pods of Banksia plants: special waxes in the junction zone between the two pod valves melt at elevated environmental temperatures and ...

Ripe fruit of the Banksia attenuata from Western Australia, near Perth. The plants of this species also open many of their seed pods without exposure to fire. This happens mainly in high-precipitation ...

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image: Ripe fruit of the Banksia attenuata from Western Australia, near Perth. The plants of this species also open many of their seed pods without exposure to fire. This happens mainly in high ...