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You are bidding on 20 HAPPY TREE SEEDS - camptotheca acuminata

 Also called Xi Shu (translated as "Happy Tree") 

 

A deciduous tree native to southern Chinaand Tibet , sometimes grown in southern California , Georgia and Florida . 

 

A fast growing tree in its first 10 yrs, its main attraction is its foliage, the leaves being large 5", glossy & strongly ribbed; on new growth flushes they are pale pinkish bronze.

 

In summer this tree bears stalked, spherical heads of tiny white flowers close to the branch tip, followed in autumn by enlarged heads of curious yellow-green, sharply angled fruit which finally turn brown before falling. They look like mini bananas .

 

Trunk is usually straight with gray bark and spreading lateral branches.

 

20 meters (66 ft) tall

 

Medicinal use  - Camptothecin (CPT) is a cytotoxic quinoline alkaloid which inhibits theDNA enzyme topoisomerase I .  It is used as a cancer treatment in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

 

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