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Abricó de Macaco

Abricó de Macaco

February 14, 2006

This is the flower of the tree known as abricó de macaco. In English it is known as the cannonball tree. The flowers fall pretty regularly (I counted six falling while taking this photo) and the shell containing the fruit falls as well. The shell is about the size of a cannonball, hence the name.