Testing Trees from around the World, Mexico's Arroyo Sweetwood

Testing Trees from around the World, Mexico's Arroyo Sweetwood – Flowers that smell like cinnamon buns

3/16/2015

photo: Tania Susskind

KKL-JNF's 50 acre Gilat tree nursery in the south is a testing ground for trees from all over the world to see which species are suitable for growing in Israel.

Scientific (Latin) name: Myrospernum sousanum
Common name: Arroyo sweetwood
Country of origin: Mexico
Aliya to Israel: about 15 years ago

Read more at the KKL-JNS Site

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