Jabuticaba – The Grape Tree That Fruits on Its Trunk
April 12, 2010
I remember seeing a tree that had flowers on most of its trunk, but I’ve never even heard of a tree that laid fruit directly
I remember seeing a tree that had flowers on most of its trunk, but I’ve never even heard of a tree that laid fruit directly
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