Oxalis seeds incorrectly named. H. N. Moseley says pigeons in Malaya eject seeds fit for germination.
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Oxalis seeds incorrectly named. H. N. Moseley says pigeons in Malaya eject seeds fit for germination.
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H. N. Moseley says [in "Notes on plants collected and observed at the Admiralty Islands", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 77] pigeons eject seeds in fit state for germination. He regards pigeons as providing most efficient means of transport in Malayan Archipelago.
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