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Leaves are simple, alternate, deciduous, and heart- or deltoid-shaped with a pair of glands at the leaf base and a long-pointed leaf apex.  Twigs are smooth, exuding milky sap when broken.  Fruit is a capsule that looks like popcorn.  Popcorn tree is from Asia and has aggressively naturalized in the southeast.

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