No tree grows to the sky and no team has ever captured the secret of perpetual success.

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Wavy, ribbon and curly grain are byproducts of spiral grain that reverses itself periodically as a tree grows to produce a thing called interlocked grain.

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Morinda citrifolia is a small, hardy tree that grows in sandy areas along tropical coasts (French Polynesia and Hawaii).

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It is a shade tree that grows well in areas without much rain.

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The incense comes from the resin of the boswellia, a stout, gnarly-branched tree that mostly grows in the Horn of Africa.

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