ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - A self-destructing palm tree that flowers once every 100 years and then dies has been discovered on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, botanists said Thursday.

"It's spectacular. It does not flower for maybe 100 years and when it's like this it can be mistaken for other types of palm," said Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, who works for the London botanical gardens in Madagascar.

"But then a large shoot, a bit like an asparagus, grows out of the top of the tree and starts to spread. You get something that looks a bit like a Christmas tree growing out of the top of the palm," he said.

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"A self-destructing palm tree" does it actually explode? I wanna see that =D. meh, thats what I have Mythbusters for, I suppose...
anywho, thats kinda interesting, I kinda want to hear what they decide to name it.

EDIT: oops, guess we supposedly find out the name tomorrow. 

I wonder if scientist can use this self-destruction genes or DNA of this plant and put it to go use, whatever that maybe....

awesome hopefully this discovery protects more land there.

Madagascar's a cool Island. I always liked taking it in Risk. :)

Cool and also weird.

how does it self destruct? does it just kill itself or does it literally explode...

Soriku said: --OkeyDokey-- said: how does it self destruct? does it just kill itself or does it literally explode... Lol...uh, it just dies. No blowing up

:(

That is pretty weird yet very cool.