A tree battle

The Snark

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What we have here is a variety of the Jackfruit tree, Artocarpus, being attacked by a relative, the Strangler Fig.
However, this Jackfruit is antisocial. The sap is mildly toxic to other plants and can even be used as a mild herbicide. It also lays a great mass of hair roots out just under the surface of the soil, robbing the soil of nutrients so close competitors can't grow.

Here a Strangler Fig has attempted to attack it but has been unable to embrace and crush the host trunk. Thus the long root/trunks surrounding the host tree.

 
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