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Mystery Object
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The mystery object is a
FRUIT HUSK from a
SWEET GUM TREE.
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It is called a sweet gum because the tree sap smells sweet after it hardens.
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The trees have star-shaped leaves and reach 30 to 40 feet in height.
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Native Americans and pioneers chewed the hardened gum, and tea was made from the fruit and bark.
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Today, the sweet gum is used for furniture, flooring, paper, and baskets.
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The spiny fruit is green and hangs from the branches. Most fruits hold 20 to 30 seeds.
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The fruits fall to the ground, turn brown, and break open along the spines.
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The winged seeds exit through the spines. The wind carries them a short distance to be planted in a new place.