cauliflory
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№ 062TreesCannonball Tree: The Sacred Tree of Trunk-Grown Bombs
A rainforest relative of the brazil nut that flowers in gorgeous fragrant blooms straight from its trunk, then hangs it with huge, heavy, foul-smelling cannonballs — and is revered as sacred in India.
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№ 235TreesJaboticaba: The Tree That Fruits on Its Own Trunk
A Brazilian tree that skips the branches and flowers straight from its bark, so its dark grape-like fruit erupt directly along the trunk — a startling sight, a delicious fruit, and a lesson in cauliflory.
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№ 388TreesRedbud and Sassafras: Flowers on Bare Wood, Leaves in Three Shapes
A nitrogen-fixing legume that flowers straight out of its trunk, and an aromatic tree with three different leaf shapes on one branch.
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