Trapa (water caltrop / chestnut) Sculptural, horned fruits with edible seeds. Once split into 90+ species based on fruit shape, now often treated as one: T. natans. Native to Asia, Europe & Africa; (re)introduced in parts of North America where fossils show it once grew.

Walnut cross-sections. Shell halves from various Juglandaceae species, genera Juglans & Carya. A cultivated variety of the persian walnut is shown in the third row, left. Right to it is a wild form of from the same species. From my reference collection for my book ‚Die Walnuss‘ (German).

Conifers. Cones from the genera: Thuja, Thujopsis, Chamaecyparis, Pinus, Picea, Cypressus, Callitris, Taxodium, Tsuga, Cryptomeria, Calocedrus, Tetraclinis, Larix, Metasequoia

Quercus - Oak acorns Species shown: Q rubra Q petraea Q robur Q agrifolia Q coccifera Q coccinea Q palustris
Q ilex Q pubescens Q frainetto Q aucheri Q macrocarpa Q cerris Q faginea Q x hispanica Q x libanerris

Aegean pahtway finds.

Medicago seedpods.

Peaches. Prunus persica cultivars including nectarines and some wild relatives like davids’peach P. davidiana, the rare fergana-peach P. ferganensis and hybrids to the almond; P. x amygdalopersica. Photographed with the help of the INRAE peach collection.

Stored life.

Seedpods. Including some Australian natives like Eucalyptus, Casuarina, Brachychiton & Callistemon.

Seedpods. Medicago, Eucalyptus, Silene, Quercus, Cistus, Papaver, Acacia, Casuarina

5-25 mio years old fossil nuts - European forests of that time were rich in genera: butternuts (Juglans), hickories (Carya), storax trees (Styrax), hazelnuts (Corylus) and mastic seeds (Mastixia). Most of these species later went extinct in Europe during the ice ages.

Bean diversity. Mostly cultivars of Phaseolus vulgaris.

Some australian seedpods; mostly casuarina and allocasuarina.

Juglandaceae. Walnut cross-sections of various species; mostly Juglans, some Carya. From my book ‚Die Walnuss‘

Diversity of #Almonds. Wild species, cultivars, and a few hybrids. - Mandelvielfalt. Wildarten, Sorten und einige Kreuzungen. #amygdalus

Fabaceae seedpods & seeds

Zea mays. Seeds of a few corn varieties.

Colorful corn (Zea mays) seeds from various cultivars, some of these are known as ‚glass gem corn‘.

My two Monographs on the species, botany, history and culture of Walnuts and Hazelnuts. 'Die Walnuss' portrays the Juglandaceae, 'Die Haselnuss' the genus Corylus, the Hazels. Including detailed illustrations and species portraits of all species. Written in German, available wherever books are sold

Insects in baltic amber, frozen in tree resin 40 mio years ago.

Aristolochia clematitis seeds

The beauty of bean biodiversity. Cultivars of phaseolus and vigna.

Botanical collectibles

Papaver. A few poppy seedpods. P. somniferum P. argemone P. rhoeas P. dubium Meconopsis cambrica

Seedpods. Casuarina, Allocasuarina, Liquidambar and others.

Vases? Poppy seedpods.

Raphanus raphanistrum, pods of a beach radish.

Quercus. Species diversity and similarity shown on some acorns.