Cannonball tree

Housewife Sharifah Osman (far left) and her family looking at the cannonball tree filled with fruits at the Penang Botanic Gardens. The cannonball trees are blooming, offering a curious sight to visitors. Many were seen taking pictures with the brown woody-shelled spherical fruits and pink and reddish flowers blooming from the tree trunks that lined the pathways near the main entrance. ZAINUDUN AHAD / The Star