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  Vietnamese Mickey Mouse Plant

 

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A Vietnamese Mickey Mouse Plant, recognizable form its attractive, berry-like fruits, which are shiny black and dangle from bright-red sepals in a way that resembles the face of Mickey Mouse, hence the name.

 

Move the cursor of your computer over the picture above  (on mobile device press, i.e. single tap and hold, and then release) to discern Mickey Mouse's contours. In spring this plant bears spectacular yellow flowers, making it popular in southern Vietnam during the Tet Festival, the traditional Vietnamese New Year. The Vietnamese Mickey Mouse can be a plant, shrub or tree, and is the provincial flower of Mukdahan.

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  Vietnamese Mickey Mouse Plant