1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Cannon-ball Tree

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19017291911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 5 — Cannon-ball Tree

CANNON-BALL TREE (Couroupita guianensis), a native of tropical South America (French Guiana), which bears large spherical woody fruits, containing numerous seeds, as in the allied genus Bertholletia (Brazil nut).