The Cannonball Tree

We were at Waimea Valley yesterday day and on our hike to the falls we came across this tree called the Cannonball Tree.  It is from the Amazon area and is part of the Brazilian Nut family.  The fruit from the tree are large heavy globes that grow right from the bark and are very heavy.  There is some flowers on the tree that are only alive for one day.  They have a beautiful scent that you can smell even when you are not even close to the tree,  The fruit is editable but not very paletable  They are chopped up and fed to the cattle.  It was really an interesting looking tree and the one day flowers are beautiful.