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Distinguishing features

It has spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of the trunk. The lower trunk is conspicuously scarred where leaves and fruit were borne. The leaves are large, 50–70 cm in diameter, deeply palmately lobed, with seven lobes. Unusually for such large plants, the trees are dioecious. The tree is usually unbranched, unless lopped. The flowers are similar in shape to the flowers of the Plumeria, but are much smaller and wax-like. They appear on the axils of the leaves, maturing into large fruit. (Wikipedia)

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Distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It is native to the tropics of the Americas, perhaps from southern Mexico and neighbouring Central America. (Wikipedia)

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