Young Guiana chestnut (<i>Pachira aquatica</i>) Rree (IMAGE)

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Young Guiana chestnut (<i>Pachira aquatica</i>) Rree

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Young Guiana chestnut (Pachira aquatica) tree. The tree has been titled and staked. As it has grown it has generated forces in its bark to grow upright. When the tree is released from the stake, the energy accumulated is released and causes the tree to bend.

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Barbara Ghislain, Ecofog laboratory (CNRS/AgroParisTech/Cirad/Inra/Université de Guyane/Université des Antilles) ..

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