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Cannonball Tree
Couroupita guianensis
-16.9772, 145.695
Field Notes
Description:
Very large tall tree to 10m. Large, distinctive, showy flowers approx 11cms diameter. Produces heavy 'cannonball-like' fruit, very hard and heavy, 15-20cms diameter. The fruit falls from the tree and cracks open when it hits the ground when mature, often causing the sound of a small explosion. (If standing under the tree, one could experience a splitting headache)
Habitat:
Growing in a rural garden near Crystal Cascades QLD
Notes:
Native to tropical northern South America and to southern Caribbean
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