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Caesalpinia bonduc
VivBraznell: first, you find all kind of things (seeds ) on the beach ... then you spend the rest of your days wondering what are they?.. TGI Noah !
What a strange coincidence! I have a spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/986... which look exactly like the seeds of this plant that I have been trying to get an ident for for ages. I picked some up on the beach here in Southern Thailand and also saw some for sale in a herbal shop locally. If I shake the seed case it rattles. Perhaps you could take a look at my spotting and see if you think it is the same