<p><i>Phytolacca dioica</i>
Phytolaccaceae
</p><p>Common names:
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<pre>   * omb�   (Spanish, Argentine)
   * belhambra   (English)
   * bobbejaandruifboom   (Afrikaans)
   * bella sombra   ( Spanish)
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<p>it is a very large tree with massive trunk (the photo below), and I was much surprised to find out it is actually not a tree but a giant evergreen herb with a soft sappy woody stem! Its multiple stems grow together forming a big nice shady tree.
The Ombu native to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. It is the only tree-like plant that lives on the Pampas.
Good info here: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/ombu.htm">www.blueplanetbiomes.org/ombu.htm</a>
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<u>Location</u>: Mt. Coot-tha Botanic Garden, Brisbane, Australia
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/62938898@N00">Tatiana Gerus</a> from Brisbane, Australia
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<p>[<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/62938898@N00/4345472545/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/62938898@N00/4345472545/</a> The drooping racemes of Omb� tree (Phytolacca dioica)]
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