Sea beans: The sprouted vines.

Sea beans: The sprouted vines, late winter 2011 update.

Growing up in Trinidad and Tobago, I had opportunities to see the plants that some of these drift seeds came from but I have not yet seen either the Mucuna or Entada vines. I know for certain that the Mucuna grows in Trinidad and Tobago but I have never seen the seeds of the Entada there.

As a child, I collected Job's tears, [First Nations people often use Job's tears for making botanical jewellery, especially necklaces and bracelets] Casuarina seed pods, Sandbox flippers, Jumbie beads, Indian shot, [Indian shot is sometimes used to fill the locally made calabash maracs] poinciana seeds, cocorite seeds, peewah seeds, lucky seeds, gree gree seeds,