Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

The tonka bean tree, scientifically known as Dipteryx oleifera, has developed the ability to not only survive strikes but also to transfer the electricity from lightning to its “enemies” and ...

But in the lowland rainforests of Panama, one species of towering tropical tree may have evolved to use this force of nature to its advantage. The tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera) may actually ...

The Tonka bean tree conducts electricity so well that lightning just flows through it, leaving the tree unharmed. But the ...

The tonka bean tree, aka Dipteryx oleifera, has exhibited the ability to transfer the electricity from lightning strikes onto the parasitic vines that attach to it, according to a paper published last ...

The study's subject was the tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera) growing in the lowland rainforests of Panama. Researchers ...

Each strike destroyed more than 2 metric tons (2.4 tons) of surrounding tree biomass and wiped out nearly 80% of lianas—vines that commonly infest the tonka bean tree canopy.

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The tonka bean tree (Dipteryx oleifera) may have evolved a unique advantage by withstanding lightning strikes that harm neighboring plants and parasitic vines, according to research published March 26 ...