00:00Did you know there's a tree that grows flowers from its trunk and drops fruit
00:04like actual cannonballs? This is the cannonball tree. Native to South America
00:10and now also growing in India and Southeast Asia, the fruits are huge, heavy
00:15and can literally injure someone if they fall on you. But here's the wild part.
00:20Its gorgeous flowers don't grow on branches at all. They bloom straight
00:25from the trunk, a rare botanical trait called cauliflower. And while they look
00:30beautiful, they smell like rotting meat. Why? To attract beetles and flies for
00:35pollination. The fruits can weigh up to 10 pounds and take nearly a year to ripen.
00:41One tree, hundreds of blooms, and fruit that could literally knock you out.
00:46Nature never stops surprising us. Follow for more bizarre and brilliant plants from
00:52around the world.
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