The Suicide Palm Flowers to Death

It is obvious that this specific plant has an odd history from its appellation, "suicide palm." It grows in Madagascar, where it was only found in 2006. Despite going by the less ominous name Tahina, the tree's extraordinarily peculiar life cycle gave rise to the morbid nickname "suicide plot."

The tree will continue to grow for decades, reaching a maximum height of 18 meters, or over 60 feet. It then experiences its one and only bloom. Millions of flowers that are laden with nectar cover the tree. These will ultimately develop into fruit. The tree must use all of its resources to produce the fruit and blooms, and it is unable to do so. When a tree dies, its fruit will fall to the ground and cover its deceased parent.

However, because of its all-or-nothing reproduction strategy, the plant would simply die out in that spot if anything didn't work out. The fruit can certainly give rise to a new generation of trees provided the seeds take root and are able to thrive.