Elaine reckons this is a fossilised liquorice alsort, but it's actually a
sea-bean from the land based plant Mucuna urens or Red hamburger bean,
which grows in tropical Central and South America, from the West Indies to
Panama and Brazil! It's basically the seed of the plant which floats around
the oceans until it gets washed up hopefully somewhere suitable for it to
germinate. It's crossed the Atlantic Ocean to allow me to find it on a beach
on Tiree. A real message in a bottle!
Thursday 30 June 2022
Red hamburger bean, Tiree
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