Experts at Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, London, say the plant grows to dizzying heights before the stem tip bursts into branches of hundreds of tiny flowers.
"Each flower is capable of being pollinated and developing into fruit and soon drips with nectar and is surrounded by swarming insects and birds," British journal publisher Blackwell Publishing Ltd said in a press release.
"The nutrient reserves of the palm become completely depleted as soon as it fruits and the entire tree collapses in a macabre demise."
It added: "The plant is so massive, it can even be seen on Google Earth."
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i read about this on harpers and planned to blog about it! but i got lazy. we think alike, my friend.
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