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Hura crepitans
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Hura crepitans, known by the common names sandbox tree, possumwood, monkey no-climb, assacu and jabillo, is a species of evergreen tree in the family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America including the Amazon rainforest. It is also present in parts of Tanzania, where it is considered an invasive species. Because its fruit explodes when ripe, it has also received the colloquial nickname "dynamite tree".
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Hura crepitans
- Slug
- hura-crepitans
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Hura
- Species
- crepitans
- Wikidata QID
- Q2001703
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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