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Ally starts with ...
Hi
Does anybody know what this tree is. The pictures of the green things are coming off it
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Time: 7th April 2009 3:13pm

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Relly says...
It looks like a guava!!

Time: 7th April 2009 3:22pm

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Dekka says...
Feijoa ("Fee-ho-ha")

Time: 7th April 2009 4:13pm

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paula-f says...
Yes, definetly a feijoa. We had heaps of trees growing when I lived in NZ.

Time: 7th April 2009 6:48pm

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Jose L. says...
Yes, it is a feijoa, sometimes called pineapple guava.

Time: 10th April 2009 7:26pm

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amanda19 says...
Hi all...I wonder if anyone knows what this tree is please..? It's not mine - so I don't have any other info other than it appears to be cauliferous..?

(that's a 10cent piece - and there is a stone/seed in the fruit..not sure how many tho)
Thanks!
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Time: 1st December 2013 12:49pm

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sternus1 says...
Until someone more knowledgeable comes along, I'm going to say it is some type of strawberry tree.

Time: 1st December 2013 1:24pm

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BJ says...
fruit looks to have a seed, so not muntingia. Looks like a prunus by the branch and form of fruit.

Time: 1st December 2013 8:39pm

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Nick T says...
It looks like a relative of the plum, peach etc., I'd say some kind of Prunus species :)

Time: 1st December 2013 8:42pm

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sternus1 says...
Strange thing. Has leaves like a panama berry and fruit like an acerola cherry. I thought it might have been a kokam, but it isn't. Hope somebody can ID it.

Time: 1st December 2013 9:13pm

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sternus1 says...
After a perusal of obscure prunus, I think it might be a variety of cherry plum (prunus cersifera). See image below. Lucky you if it is--very rare, and apparently delicious.
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Time: 1st December 2013 9:19pm

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amanda19 says...
I wonder if it might be a Nanking Cherry then...?

Here's a site with pics and also this pic...
http://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Nanking_Cherry:_Prunus_tomentosa/

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Time: 1st December 2013 10:02pm

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amanda19 says...
and then there is this named one...
Scientific Name: Prunus tomentosa (manchu)
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Time: 1st December 2013 10:06pm

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amanda19 says...
Thanks for the Prunus lead folks :) Showed the owner of the tree the nanking cherry pics and she is pretty certain that's it...but without the prunus lead it would have been a long task..!

Time: 3rd December 2013 10:28am

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sternus1 says...
Amanda I would love some cuttings if you are willing to donate a few, can pay the postage or whatnot.

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Time: 3rd December 2013 10:36am

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amanda19 says...
I'd love to help but it's not my tree sternus...this belongs to someone on a very huge gardening facebook group...and she is up in Perth...?


Time: 3rd December 2013 10:43am

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sternus1 says...
oh well. Pretty hard to get anything in or out of the fascist state of Perth. Fruit looks delicious.

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Time: 3rd December 2013 10:53am

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Linton says...
Trying to get Fruit Seeds from Western Australia!

Regarding the above comment about Perth, I tried to get some Coffee Fruits sent from Western Australia to Melbourne. However the supplier told me that it was not permitted to send fruits from WA.

Is this correct? I thought the problem was in sending plant materials into WA, not out of it.

Time: 8th December 2013 9:04am

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sternus1 says...
I think it cuts both ways Linton. You can pretty easily get seeds through on the sly but seedlings etc are a different deal. You'll inevitably run into walls if you do things by the book because despite its noble intentions, the book is flawed. I estimate by mid winter I'll have a bunch of those prunus cuttings for you.

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Time: 8th December 2013 2:13pm

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Linton says...
That's great about the prunus. How do you manage to remember everything?

cheers!

Time: 8th December 2013 7:56pm

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