This is one of those things a person reads about and thinks that it is a product of an overactive imagination. This oddity is a tree that goes by several aliases,sandbox tree,possum-wood,dynamite tree and monkey no-climb. What is unusual about this tree is the pointed spines on smooth bark,fruit that is shaped like a pumpkin the size of a fist and did I mention the fruit explodes (making a loud report) launching seeds at 160 mph as far as 330 feet? The seeds have injured animals,humans and pretty much anything in their path. The weirdness doesn't end there either,the sap has been used to make poison tipped arrows! Now let's everyone make up a story about someone getting killed by a dynamite tree!
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