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The sandbox tree's fruits are large, pumpkin-shaped capsules, 3–5 cm (1–2 in) long, 5–8 cm (2–3 in) diameter, with 16 carpels arranged radially. Its seeds are flattened and about 2 cm (3 ⁄ 4 in) diameter. The capsules explode when ripe, splitting into segments and launching seeds at 70 m/s (250 km/h; 160 mph). [5]
In 1783, Johann Gerhard König used the name Hura to refer to a very different plant from the one Linnaeus had named. Thus was created an illegitimate homonym. [8] [9] Under the rules of nomenclature, Koenig's name had to be abandoned.
Cardamine hirsuta and other Cardamine spp. have seed pods which explode when touched. Impatiens (Impatiens) Sandbox tree; Triggerplant (all Stylidium species) Canadian dwarf cornel (aka dogwood bunchberry, Cornus canadensis) White mulberry (Morus alba) [3] Orchids (all genus Catasetum) Dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium) Witch-hazel (Hamamelis)
The tree produces spiky green fruits about the size of a golf ball, which turn brown and drop off the tree over an extended period beginning in fall and continuing over the winter.
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Tabebuia rosea, also called pink poui, and rosy trumpet tree [2] is a neotropical tree that grows up to 30 m (98 ft) and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 100 cm (3 ft). The Spanish name roble de sabana , meaning "savannah oak", is widely used in Costa Rica , probably because it often remains in heavily deforested areas and because ...
The fruit is a prickly, inflated capsule up to 5 cm (2 in) long with two pores and four seeds. [2] It resembles a tiny spiny water melon, or cucumber, but is inedible. [4] It persists all winter and then opens at the bottom, liberating the seeds. [5]
The seeds grows on the Cerbera odollam plant, known as the "suicide tree" or "pong pong." The plant is listed under the FDA's poisonous plant database and its seeds contain a poison that causes ...