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The mysterious existence of a leafless kauri stump, kept alive by its forest neighbours

  • Written by Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology
The mysterious existence of a leafless kauri stump, kept alive by its forest neighboursShutterstock/Ludmila Ruzickova

Plants use their leaves to make food from the sun’s energy and carbon dioxide. With very few exceptions of parasitic plants, no tree is known to grow without green foliage — or to be more precise, no tree can start life without leaves or some sort of green tissue containing chlorophyll.

But some may end up...

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