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Family Lecythidaceae

HAWAII - CULTIVATED

Couroupita guianensis

UH Manoa, Oahu

CANNONBALL TREE

Ornamental tree up to 100 feet native to Tropical South America.  Attractive, pleasant-smelling flowers about 4 inches in diameter on grow on special stems from the trunk.  Heavy fruits up to 10 inches in diameter contain foul-smelling blue-gray pulp.

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