Re: Tree Identification

Perhaps Inga affinis ? the ice cream bean or cotton candy tree
MTF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony and Moira Ryan" <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
To: "Mediterannean Plants List" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:55 AM
Subject: Tree Identification


> 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
> -- 
> Tony & Moira Ryan,
> Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ.     Pictures of our garden at:-
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
>
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