Plants >> Cannonball Tree [Zingiber zerumbet]

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Cannonball tree [Couroupita guianensis]
The Cannonball tree is an evergreen tree. It is so-called because of its brown cannon ball-like fruits. The majority of these trees outside their natural environment have been planted as a botanical curiosity, as they grow very large, distinctive flowers. Its flowers are orange, scarlet and pink in color. They produce large spherical and woody fruits ranging from 15 to 24 cm in diameter.
The Cannonball Tree flowers do not have nectar, so these flowers are mainly visited by bees in search of pollen. Both the fruit and the flower grow from stalks which sprout from the trunk of the tree. The Cannonball Tree flowers are found on thick tangled extrusions that grow on the trunk of the tree; these are found just below the foliage branches.
Close-up photos: The flowers to some extent resemble sea anemones and have a sweet fragrance.

Location: Singapore.