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Comment author: Nornagest 22 September 2014 10:38:39PM *  11 points [-]

Amusingly, plant cancer can be quite valuable. The unusual grain patterns in large burls make them sought-after for specialty woodwork, and they're hard to grow deliberately, which has led to problems with poaching from protected forests.