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The flower spikes droop around 14 to 50 cm (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 19 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length and are shades of purple and brown and cream. They have a strong sweet smell, described as sickly by some. They are followed in spring and summer by a red fleshy oval fruit, 3–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –2 in) long, 2–2.8 cm (3 ⁄ 4 –1 in) wide.
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.
Pistillate flowers occur in short terminal spikes. [6] The fruit is a drupe2.5 to 4 cm (1 to 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, an edible nut with a hard, bony shell, contained in a thick, green four-sectioned husk which turns dark and splits off at maturity in the fall. [3] The terminal buds on the shagbark hickory are large and covered with loose scales. [7]
The male flowers are in drooping catkins 9–40 cm (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 15 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, the wind-pollinated female flowers (April–May) are terminal, in spikes of 4 to 10, ripening in August–October into nuts, 3–7.5 by 3–5 cm (1–3 by 1–2 in), with densely glandular pubescent green husk and very thick shell.
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]
It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m (66 ft) tall, rarely 30 m (98 ft), and 40–80 centimetres (16–31 in) stem diameter, with light grey bark. The leaves are pinnate, 50–90 cm (20–35 in) long, with 11–17 leaflets, each leaflet 7–16 cm (3– 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long and 3–5 cm (1–2 in) broad. The whole leaf is downy-pubescent, and a ...
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