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US 2008/0172936 A1Published application
Method of collecting seeds
AssigneeConopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
InventorsAndreas Boon, Ralph George Peckover
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Abstract
A method of collecting seeds from a plant of Apocynaceae family, using a special implement (tubulet) for the seedpods, ripe seedpods covered with the tubulets, and seeds obtained by the method.
Claims23
A method of collecting seeds from a plant of Apocynaceae family, the method comprising:
- (a) placing a tubulet over a well-developed seedpod, wherein the tubulet is elastic along the transversal axis and has an opening on both ends of the longitudinal axis and is made of a woven or knit textile having a thickness of at least about 0.1 mm;
- (b) allowing the seedpod to ripen within the tubulet;
- (c) separating the ripe seedpod from the plant;
- (d) removing the ripe seedpods from the tubulet,
- (e) collecting the seed.
2 more elements
A ripe seedpod, separated from an Apocynaceae plant, the seedpod covered with a tubulet which is elastic along the transversal axis and has an opening on both ends of the longitudinal axis and is made of a woven or knit textile having a thickness of at least about 0.1 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.