"lichtjes"

Hernandia sonora is a tree of up to 28 m in height and 80 cm in diameter. The roots are tabular at the beginning of the shaft, which is straight, cylindrical, and free of branches up to two-thirds of its height. The base is conical or slightly elongated; the crown is umbellated or multiflabellate and evergreen. The tree has clear and open foliage with obliquely rising branches. The bark is yellowish gray or brownish gray and moderately smooth and usually has prominent, rounded, and cracked longitudinal lenticels. It can be recognized by its ovate leaves with long pulvinated petioles, or by its lenticel bark with yellowish chamfer. The small, whitish-greenish flowers are axillary cymes. The species blooms and fruits almost all year. The fruits are ellipsoid to ovoid-globular drupes, approximately 2 to 4 cm in diameter, with eight longitudinal aristae, hard, and yellowish or black when ripe. Each fruit contains one seed.

Deze vruchten hadden we al eens eerder zien liggen. Maar nu, in het ochtendlicht, leken het wel lampionnetjes. Door de lichtinval was het bijna sporookjesachtig om te zien. Gelukkig stond er een bordje met de naam en verschijningsgebied dus kon ik makkelijk naderhand de informatie vinden. (zie hierboven).