how to identify plants on line
- Subject: how to identify plants on line
- From: l*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:17:55 -0400
Can anyone tell me of a good site to find and identify plants online?
other than this? thanks Lali in No CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Theladygardens@aol.com
To: pamela.steele@re-taste.com
Cc: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 9:47 pm
Subject: Re: Mystery tree ( for me)
It looks like jujube zizyphus. That is in the sunset western garden
book, I think. The fruits are just beginning to ripen on my tree and I
love them. They turn a reddish brown color and are crisp and delicious
like a fresh crisp apple. Then they dry right on the tree and are used
to
candy and use as dates in any recipe calling for dates.. Asian
people put them in soups to clarify the soups during winter and they
believe they have strong medicinal properties for women's health. You
can
buy them in health food stores dried, quite expensive. When my fruit is
ripening and I have guests, the females just sit under the tree and eat
them
until I make them stop. Eating a few is ok but you can overdo it and
wish you had stopped. I don't know where you live but the photo you
show already has ripening fruit in the drying stage. The fruits are
edible
both hard and freshly ripened or drying as in your photo. Like
grapes/raisins, they have a different taste and texture depending on
the stage
of ripening.
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