Rapid seed dispersal of hornets facilitates the reproduction of agarwood plants
Horns consume and move fresh fruit of Aquilaria sinensis. Credit: ZHU Renbin Aquilaria sinensis (family Thymelaeaceae) is the main source of Chinese agarwood. It is a vulnerable evergreen tree at home in lowland forests in southern China. Its fruit ripens during the warm season June-August. But most of its fruit is released on sunny hot-dry …
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