モンゼンイスアブラムシ(Nipponaphis monzeni; APHIDIDAE アブラムシ科)によるイスノキ(Distylium racemosum; HAMAMELIDACEAE マンサク科)にできた虫こぶ(虫癭;gall)。まだ朽ちてはいないので笛になる。どんな音が出るかな?
Two ladies from Nepal and one "Kappa"(one of Japanese traditional spook; sometimes invisible) collecting fallen fruits of "CHANCHINMODOKI" (Choerospondias axillaris; ANACARDIACEAE ウルシ科) at the Botanical Garden of Faculty of Science, Kyoto University(Kyoto city), Japan. "CHANCHINMODOKI" fruits is widely eaten in some Himalaya region.