Single-sex flowers release his, hers fragrances
Growing on the same tree, male blooms smell different from female blooms

MAKES SCENTS These flowers, with only male sex organs, release a distinctive male-only fragrance at night that distinguishes them from female flowers on the same Glochidion acuminatum tree.
T. Okamoto
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