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Cannon ball tree

I first posted about these trees back in 2006. After 8 years living here they are still an oddity to me. The seed looks like a cannonball hanging off the tree trunk. The flowers have an odd, distinctive shape and feel like rubber. The inside of the cannonball is purple. I love them and will miss them when we finally leave Singapore.

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