The ipil-ipil seeds (Leucaena Leucocephala ) can be relatively easily identified and the diagram above is probably the best way to describe how that might be done by the non-botanist albeit that a magnifying glass will generally be needed.These seeds typically appear in necklaces understood in Tasmania as "apple seed necklaces" and collected as Apple Seed Craft. There is much speculation in regard to how this understanding arose but the ipil/apple Freudian slip cannot be discounted. The search goes on for examples of Apple Seed Craft makers in Tasmania.
One thing is now clear however, regardless of the the fact that these necklaces, placemats, purses, belts, etc. containing either ipil or apple seeds they are quite rare and very little seems to be known about them.
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