Mystery Seed of the Week 239

Our mystery seeds this week are from a plant that is full of contradictions.

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The seeds are some of the smallest we have featured, but the mature plant is fairly large.

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These are the pods.

The plant is poisonous, containing a chemical that can be used as an insecticide, but it is grown as a crop in many parts of the world.

Do you recognize what contradictory plant these seeds are from? If you choose to, please leave a comment with your ideas.

Mystery Seed answers and new Mystery Seeds are posted on Tuesdays.

Edit:  the answer is now posted.

3 Comments

  1. sara

    Those notched, two-valved pods sure look like beardtongue to me, but I’ve never heard of it being used as a crop.

  2. Roberta

    Sara,

    They are actually slightly larger than that…

    How are you doing?

  3. Craig

    Juncus sp.

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