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  2. Hura crepitans - Wikipedia

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    Hura crepitans, the sandbox tree, [2] also known as possumwood, monkey no-climb, assacu (from Tupi asaku) and jabillo, [3] is an evergreen tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America including the Amazon rainforest. It is also present in parts of Tanzania, where it is considered an invasive species. [4]

  3. Hura (plant) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Sandbox - Wikipedia

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    Sandbox, a container for pounce (calligraphy), used before the invention of blotting paper Sandbox therapy , a tool used by child psychologists Sandbox tree, the evergreen species Hura crepitans of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), also known as possumwood and jabillo, native to tropical regions in the Americas

  5. Possumwood - Wikipedia

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    Possumwood may refer to various trees: Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon), in warm-temperate North America; Hura crepitans (sandbox tree), in the tropical Americas; Quintinia sieberi, a rainforest tree of eastern Australia

  6. Dehiscence (botany) - Wikipedia

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    A notable example is the sandbox tree (Hura crepitans), which can fling seeds 100 meters (300 ft) and has been called the "boomer plant" due to the loud sound it generates. Another example is Impatiens , whose explosive dehiscence is triggered by being touched, leading it to be called the "touch-me-not".

  7. Grace Cooke House - Wikipedia

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    The lot also has some striking mature trees in the front yard, including two Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) beside the driveway, a West Indian mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), and a huge Sandbox tree (Hura crepitans) [1] that has been designated an "exceptional tree" by the City and County of Honolulu. [2]

  8. Acer negundo - Wikipedia

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    It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, ash-like compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or invasive species , and has been naturalized throughout much of the world, including South America , Australia , New Zealand , South Africa , much of Europe , and parts of Asia .

  9. Projectile use by non-human organisms - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, the fruit of the sandbox tree burst open to disperse seeds, but the reaction is so violent that it can injure nearby people or livestock. [31] Some plants such as the dogwood bunchberry and white mulberry will also fling pollen from their flowers. Peat mosses are known to explosively launch their spores. [32]