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  • From: "Dr. Lucky Pittman" <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tropical(?) fruit tree/bush ID?
  • Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 12:08:36 -0500

Oops.  Additional info I left out – my friend says the tree/bush is about 15 ft tall.

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Lucky Pittman
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:59 AM
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Subject: [NAFEX] Tropical(?) fruit tree/bush ID?

 

I have a friend in central AL, who emailed me with a request for identification of a plant that I’m not familiar with.

Not sure where she’s found this thing – I’ll have to get more info;

Has a dark green leaf that looks somewhat like Chinese chestnut – without any significant serrations on the edges.

Fruit appears to be the size of a peach or tangerine, has a smooth orange surface.  She says the pulp has the consistency of a peach, but is somewhat sour, and she’s displayed 4 brown seeds which look very much like buckeyes(Aesculus spp.) to me.

 

Any ideas? 

I can send the photo, if anyone would care to see it.

 

Lucky Pittman

Hopkinsville




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