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- From Africa -

Monodora myristica, the calabash nutmeg, is a tropical tree native to Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria , the Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda.

Due to its large and orchid-like flowers, the tree is also grown as an ornamental.

 

Taken at Botanic Garden/ Rio de Janeiro

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