http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/detail.php?pid=80


Wow, it is from Central Asia. I am going to tell my friends from Central Asia about it.
Let's see if they have seen it in their region.
Thank you very much!


You are most welcome, indeed.
My best regards to all your treasured Asian friends.
The little weeping pea tree at my first home 1981- 87
would explode dramatically - if conditions were just right.
.. not quite as loud as a fire-cracker - more like a small weak
lady-finger.
John T.

These explosions can be dangerous if a seed hits your eye.

By the way, I think the Latin name for the plant comes from Kazakh "karagan". I do not quite know what it means but there is a town by that name in Kazakhstan (Boz Karagan https://goo.gl/maps/UEXuyZ4Xjuj), and one in Turkmenistan. If it was just "kara' it would mean "black" (related to the Japanese word "kuro"). I think it still has something to do with black. I looked up the Kazakh name for the plant, they call it "sary karagan", meaning "yellow karagan"!

Al