Osmoxylon! If you're familiar with the flower arrangement of carrots or Queen Anne's lace, you might recognize this genus as a woody tropical member of the flowering plant family Araliaceae. The old Apiaceae (carrot family) turns out to be a mainly north-temperate component of this much larger family.
![Osmoxylon Osmoxylon! If you're familiar with the flower arrangement of carrots or Queen Anne's lace, you might recognize this genus as a woody tropical member of the flowering plant family Araliaceae. The old Apicaceae (carrot family) turns out to be a mainly north-temperate component of this much larger family.](/sites/default/files/blogs/expedition/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/philippines20may2011-017.jpg)