The ombu is a very singular tree indeed, and being the only representative of tree-vegetation, natural to the soil, on those great level plains, and having also many curious superstitions connected with it, it is a romance in itself.
"Far Away and Long Ago"
W. H. Hudson
His battered body was then taken down and buried in a deep hollow at some little distance from the last of the long row of ombu trees.
"Far Away and Long Ago"
W. H. Hudson
Gazing back, the low roof of the house was lost to view before long, but the trees-the row of twenty- five giant ombu-trees which gave the place its name-were visible, blue in the distance, until we were many miles on our way.
"Far Away and Long Ago"
W. H. Hudson