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Sea-Beans of Northern Queensland, Australia

N. Rhodes made a trip to Far Northern Queensland, Australia to study mangroves
and collected several sea-beans in the process.
All photos by N. Rhodes.

N. Rhodes' interest in mangroves extends to providing an opportunity for anyone to enjoy growing a mangrove in or around their own home. Mangroves don't need salt water but instead simply tolerate it ...fresh water waterering is all that is needed! See her website: Mangrove Mania. On Sundays from Nov-May at her market stall on South Beach, Miami Florida (USA), you'll be able to find potted Red Mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) as well as some of these sea-beans crafted into sea-bean jewelry.
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How I came to find a lot of the seeds. (just lying next to the wrack)

An unposed photo of beans in with the wash from a rainforest estuary

Bingal Bay - best beaning spot I found (Watch out for the crocs!)

Matchbox Beans, Entada phaseoloides Most of them were found in Bingle Bay, Wonga Beach and Cape Kimberly.

The E. phaseoloides seed pod was found on Wonga Beach

Matchbox Beans Entada phaseoloides

A 3-chambered pod from Bingal Bay. Pods may have many sections, totalling several feet in length

The E. phaseoloides seed pod has an inner paper-like wrapper; this one is from Wonga Beach

Entada phaseoloides wapper with the bean extracted

Burny Bean Mucuna gigantea

Burny Bean Mucuna gigantea

Intsia bijuga Size: 3cm tall, 2.5cm wide

Dioclea sp.

Dioclea sp.

The painted E. phaseoloides is how the local Aboriginals sell them to the tourists

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