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From its peculiar habit, Duabanga grandiflora (syn. D. sonneratioides) is a singular feature in its native forests. The trunk is erect, 40–80 feet high, undivided but sometimes forking from the base. The lower limbs spread drooping from the trunk; these are long, slender, sparingly branched, and the branches are four-angled, loosely covered with large spreading leaves. Since the leaves are arranged in two ranks, the slender branches resemble petioles, bearing pinnae of a compound leaf; the leaves are further often recurved, and are deep green above, and almost white beneath. The large blossoms expand in April, exhaling a rank odour reportedly resembling asafoetida when they first burst, but they become inodorous before the petals drop. The stamens are all bent inwards in bud. The fruit is a large as a small apple. The wood is white and soft....read more on Wikipedia.
Place | Rain (24h) | Sun | Humidity Hum. | Wind | |
Loading... | 0.8in | 918umol | 64% | 4mph | |
Loading... | 1.2in | 12umol | 84% | 9mph | |
Loading... | 0in | 18umol | 81% | 11mph |
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