Re: Tree Identification
- Subject: Re: Tree Identification
- From: Richard Dufresne s*@infi.net
- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 16:43:04 -0500
At 08:55 AM 2/18/2003 +1300, you wrote:
>Hi Folks
>A call to identify a tree from the Hobby Greenhouse list has me stumped.
>This is the description:-
>
>"I came home from Costa Rica with a seed from a tree which has a very
>interesting leaf structure. The seeds are lima bean sized and grow in
>large brown pods about 8 inches long. The pods are sold at roadside
>stands
>as a delicacy. The seed coating is delicious. The leaf starts out
>looking normal enough, but keeps growing at the tip into a "Y" shape.
>I
>have posted a picture of it on my web
>site: http://home.usadatanet.net/~sculp/Greenhouse/Unknown.JPG.";
>
>The description certainly sounds like some sort of legume, but the
>foliage does not look leguminous to me.
>
>Ideas anybody?
>
>Moira
Carob tree, perhaps?
http://www.unifi.it/project/ueresgen29/ds16.htm
Ceratonia siliqua L.
Richard F. Dufresne
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