| Candle tree | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: | Parmentiera |
| Species: | P. cereifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmentiera cereifera |
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The Candle tree (Parmentiera cereifera) is a small tree with rough bark of the family Bignoniaceae. The leaves are winged petiole with three-ovated leaflets. White, bell-shaped flowers to 8 cm long. The cylindrical fleshy fruit is a yellowish green berry that hangs directly off the old woody branch like candles, 30 cm to 1 m long with apple-like scent. The fruits and seeds of this tree are considered to be edible and are generally safe for human consumption.