What attracted me was the pretty flowers. It took me three long years to identify my NOID tree as a Vernicia fordii/Tung Oil tree.
There used to be a Tung Oil plantation near where I live (before my time). Henry Ford was looking for a good source of domestic oil as it had previously been imported from China.
The area was known as Ways, Georgia, later called Richmond HIll.
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