Derek Galon / Canon ball tree in bloom. (Couroupita guianensis) - an unusual looking tree which has cannonball size fruit. Dominica, Eastern Caribbean.

Phil Savoie / Canon ball tree fruit (Couroupita guianensis) Costa Rica.

Adrian Davies / Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis) flower, Barbados.

Adrian Davies / Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis) flower, Barbados.

Konrad Wothe / Cannonball Tree (Couroupita guianensis) flowers, Panguana Nature Reserve, Peru

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Flowers and fruit of the Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis), a species from the Amazon Rainforest, Rio de Janeiro city, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fruits of the Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis) in Largo do Machado Square, Rio de Janeiro city, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

Hermann Brehm / Fruit & flowers of Cannonball tree {Couroupita quianesis} Caracas Botanical Garden, Venezuela

Thomas Marent / Cannonball Tree (Couroupita guianensis) flower, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Adrian Davies / Cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis) flowers on ground. Costa Rica