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Flora - Wild Chataigne

 

 

Wild Chataigne

Scientific Name - Pachira insignis Sw.

Common Name - Wild Chataigne

A medium-sized evergreen tree reaching up to 30 meters in height. Often stilt-rooted with a smooth reddish-brown lightly fissured bark.

  Flower: A solitary large flower

Fruit: A velvety brown ovoid pod about 20cm long

 
 

 

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