자바오이

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오늘의 식물 3483번째! 자바오이! 박과에 속한 덩굴성 여러해살이풀

식물명: 자바오이

분류: 식물계(Plantae) 식물계(Plantae) Tracheophytea Angiospherms Eudicots Rosids 박目(Cucurbitales ウリ目) 박科(Cucurbitaceae, ウリ科) Gomphogyneae -屬(Alsomita, -属) 

학명: Alsomitra macrocarpa 이명: - 학명 해설:  Alsomitra: grove mitre/fillet, macrocarpa: large-fruited

영명, 일명, 중명- Javan Cucumber-영명, (-, -)-일명, -(-)-漢名

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특징: Alsomitra macrocarpa or the Javan cucumber is a gourd-bearing liana, belonging to the pumpkin family (Cucurbitaceae) from the tropical Asian forests of the Malay Archipelago and the Indonesian islands. Alsomitra is a genus of 34 species of vines found in Southeast Asia, Australia and South America. 

The fruits or pepos are football-sized (about 300mm diameter) and bell-shaped, suspended high in the forest canopy, and are densely packed with large numbers of seeds. Remarkably the seeds have large, papery wings and when ripe they fall from the underside of the fruit and glide long distances.

The plant was first described under the name Zanonia macrocarpa in 1825 by Carl Ludwig Blume from fruiting material collected on Mount Parang in Java. In 1843 Max Joseph Roemer published it under the name Alsomitra macrocarpa, including 7 other ill-fitting species in the genus, a genus he did not define. In 1881 Alfred Cogniaux allocated the species to Macrozanonia macrocarpa.The current accepted name is Roemer's Alsomitra macrocarpa.

The plant grows as a vine and belongs to the gourd family. The fruits are as big as a football, which is already quite remarkable on its own. 씨앗의  원대한 비행술- The winged seeds of the Javanese cucumber are the largest floating seeds in the world. By hovering like a butterfly, they can bridge enormous distances, which is why they are even found on the decks of ships. Even without wind in a rainforest the seeds can be spread. The species is featured in the BBC documentary Life and drew the attention of several scientists who study aerodynamics and aircraft movements. The plant grows as a vine and belongs to the gourd family. The fruits are as big as a football, which is already quite remarkable on its own.

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원산지 인도네시아(Indonesia)

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참고문헌-한국 식물명의 유래(이우철 지음-2005, 일조각)