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| Cupaniopsis anacardioides Family: Sapindaceae Carrotwood Origin: Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Carrotwood. Evergreen tree from Australia, sometimes multi-trunked, nice shade tree. Clusters of small, greenish-white flowers are borne on stalks that emerge from leaf axils. The showy, brightly colored fruit is a yellow, three-lobed capsule which, when ripe splits open to expose three shiny black seeds encased in red or orange fleshy tissue. Flesh is bright orange, recembling carrot juice, hence the name of the tree. Easy to grow. |
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