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Kamikaze Palm Baffles Botanists

Madagascar giant flowers spectacularly, then dies

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 17, 2008 3:30 AM CST

(Newser) – Scientists have found a gigantic—and suicidal—new species of palm tree in a remote area of Madagascar, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The tree, so big it can be seen in satellite photos, grows normally for a century or so until it spectacularly erupts... Read full story »

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