Megafauna fruits
A collection of megafauna fruits and seeds. Herbarium Museu Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil. These photos accompany our study in PLoS One:
Guimarães Jr, P., Galetti, M. and Jordano, P. 2008. Seed dispersal anachronisms: rethinking the fruits extinct megafauna ate. PLOS One, 3(3): e1745.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001745.
The label in the photos is approx. 10 cm wide.
Fruits from Fazenda Rio Negro, Pantanal, Brazil.
Pouteria macrocarpa. Sapotaceae
Pouteria ucucui. Sapotaceae
Theobroma speciosa. Malvaceae
Lecythidaceae
Raphia vinifera. Arecaceae
Lacunaria jemmani. Quiinaceae
Parinari montana. Chrysobalanaceae
Licania macrophyla. Chrysobalanaceae
Pouteria pariry. Sapotaceae
Theobroma grandiflora. Malvaceae
Theobroma grandiflora. Malvaceae
Scheelea martiana. Arecaceae
Orbignya phalerata. Arecaceae
Phytelephas macrocarpa. Arecaceae
Megafauna fruits from Pantanal (Fazenda Rio Negro), Brazil.