Scientists Discover Gold Literally Growing on Trees in the Outback

Shake some trees Down Under:

Money might not grow on trees, but scientists have confirmed that gold is found in the leaves of some plants.

Scientists from Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), have proved that the leaves of certain eucalyptus trees contain minute amounts of the precious metal that have been naturally absorbed.

Eucalypts in the Kalgoorlie region of Western Australia and the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia are drawing up water containing gold particles from the earth via their roots and depositing it in their leaves and branches.