Re: Tree Identification

We are growing a couple of carob trees here from seed, and they do not look like that even when they are young. Their leaves are dark green and leathery from the very beginning!

Good luck!
Bridget
UC Botanical Garden
Berkeley, CA

At 08:55 AM 2/18/03 +1300, Tony and Moira Ryan 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
--
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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Bridget Lamp
Horticulturist/Museum Scientist
Mediterranean and Eastern North America
University of California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, Ca 94720
(510) 642-3812
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