Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Chinese Tallow Tree, Sapium sebiferum (poisonous).
Flowers and petal-less 1cm fruiting capsules of 3 seeds
covered with a white vegetable wax.This is used for soap
and candle making in the Far East, but the tree is cultivated
for its flaming foliage here.
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