Help, please, with identification of unknown

[Bart]

Monique Reed wrote in message ...
>I've come into possession of some odd fruit pieces(?) from the Dominican
>Republic.  They are hard, woody, and definitely curved, with some having a
right-hand
>twist and some a left-hand. We think they may be halves of a legume,
possibly Acacia coronaria
>(Dividivi). Alternatively, they might be parts of something that has a
long, spirally coiled fruit.
>
>Please look at http://csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/unk.htm  and let me know if you
>recognize these.
>
>Thanks,
>Monique Reed
>Texas A&M

Are "nuts" considered "legumes"?  These look like sections of nutshells to
me - maybe not all from the same nut since they twist in various directions.

Of course... I'm dumber than a plant, so I'm not sure why I even responded
to this...

Bart