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A pair of 75-year-old trees has been emitting a vomit-like smell at the California State Capitol Park in Sacramento

The ginkgo trees give off the foul smell due to the butyric acid in their fruit’s coating, which smells like “rancid butter and vomit”

The smell happens every October and November when the female ginkgo tree bears fruit

Two trees at the California State Capitol Park in Sacramento, Calif., have been emitting a foul, vomit-like smell throughout the park, while also creating a hazard with their slippery fruit.

The 75-year-old ginkgo trees have been wafting the unpleasant smell into the air at the Northern California park, forcing residents to brave the stench that is comparable to vomit, The Sacramento Bee and SFGATE report.

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