Show RAIN TREE SUPPLIES WATER beautiful and common tree in tropical america holds liquid in leaves the name tree hos hoa been given to a beautiful and very common tree of tropical america Amert ca tho the name ly 18 probably duo due to tile tho fact that the tree tins has the habit of closing its leaflets before and during rains and not to any tendency to shed water from froia tile leaves the original raintree rain tree story atory as found in the narratives of early voyagers bade back as far as the fifteenth century located the tree in the island of ferro ono one of the canaries this island has no springs and a scanty rainfall but according to the story derived an a ample ampie I 1 11 supply of fresh water from a single tree the natives say vint that the f famous among rain tree that once supplied tho the w whole island was mas blown down in a storm detroit news |