Youpedia: Jellyfish tree

Source: (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusagyne_oppositifolia Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLCgrUtNrc4 The jellyfish tree (Medusagyne oppositifolia), the only species of the family Medusagynaceae, is a critically endangered and unusual tree indigenous to the island of Mahé, of the Seychelles. The plant was thought to be extinct until a few individuals were discovered in the 1970s. The gynoecium of the flower resembles the tentacles of a jellyfish, hence the common and generic names of the plant. The genus Medusagyne is often included in the family Ochnaceae, e.g. in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification. The small tropical American family Quiinaceae is also included in this broad concept of Ochnaceae.