Took a trip to BOL last weekend and found this oddity growing up the trellis below the deck of the cabin. Doesn't seem too unusual, right? I didn't think much of it until I saw the seed pods. Cutting the pods open revealed a lot of silky threads attached to seeds about the size of a fingernail. Not to pretend I know that much about botany or herbalism, but I've never seen anything like this one. Can anyone tell me what this thing is? I don't want to show up at BOL next time and find a bunch of pod people running the place.
UPDATE: Looks like it is a species of "Anglepod" in the milkvine family (possibly Eastern Anglepod?) I suspected a kind of milkweed, but this is a vine, and I've never seen one with a pod quite like this. If anyone else can confirm or correct, I'd be grateful.
Mutant ninja trellis crawling lizard weed...be careful, it produces oxygen and enjoys ample sunlight. Also, I have no idea.
It looks like you're dead on. Look at these entries for "Angular-Fruit Milkvine." http://anybodyseenmyfocus.blogspot.com/2012/05/first-anglefruit-milkvine-matelea.html http://www.southeasternflora.com/view_flora.asp?plantid=65 http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Matelea gonocarpos
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/obs/obsv7p024.pdf This file says that the fruit and seeds of the "Star Milkvine" are edible, just as any of the pods of the milkweed family.