Nikki's mystery fruiting plant

Richard · 04-08-2009, 08:40 PM

What is this fruit bearing plant with long, narrow leaves and large yellow flowers?

alpha010 · 04-08-2009, 08:58 PM

If the fruit is roughly softball size then, my guess would be asian or some other type of guava......but then again, not sure what a guava plant looks like, just the fruit. Or, possibly some sort of Sapo- family derivative. Cut one up, if it has consistency of an apple with small white seeds and pungent odor then guava. I just recieved an asian in the mail the other day and it looked almost exactly like that fruit (was also to much to handle to eat).

Lagniappe · 04-08-2009, 09:09 PM

Let's test it's hardiness, whatever it is! I have the perfect spot.

Chironex · 04-08-2009, 10:33 PM

Macadamia nuts?

lorax · 04-08-2009, 11:27 PM

That really looks like Macadamia to me. Although I've never seen one quite so shrubby! Usually they're very tall trees.

Richard · 04-08-2009, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Chironex

Macadamia nuts?

Maybe in a wild dream! Those fruits are over 2 inches long. The leaves and plant in general does not appear to be from Pittosporaceae.

lorax · 04-08-2009, 11:48 PM

The leaves say "Podocarp" which is quite confusing, because none of the ones I've seen have fruit like that.

harveyc · 04-08-2009, 11:49 PM

I have no clue other than I don't think it is any of the above. Are the fruit ripe? Is this in San Diego?

harveyc · 04-08-2009, 11:54 PM

All of the macadamia I've seen have a serrated leaf and grow with a trunk. That plant sort of looks like an old vine.

Do you know what it is? I'm just wondering if this is a challenge quiz!

Richard · 04-09-2009, 12:37 AM

It is in Carlsbad, near the coast about 20 miles north of San Diego. Check out the trumpet-shaped yellow flower. I don't know what the plant is, but we are going to find out!

alpha010 · 04-09-2009, 05:00 AM

Time for dave's garden plantfiles.....advanced search!

Lagniappe · 04-09-2009, 05:44 AM

How neat would it be to have a search engine that gave the closest match for pics?

malaekahana · 04-09-2009, 06:25 AM

To me this looks like Thevetia peruviana or Be-still tree. I am not sure about the fruit though, what do the seeds look like? It is a commonly planted small tree in Hawaii. You can google it and find out a lot of info about it.

harveyc · 04-09-2009, 09:20 AM

My friend Bryan of Puerto Rico says this is a Euphorbiaceae. It is common there and he once had one, but he doesn't know the species or common name. He says that the sap is milky and that he believes the fruit is poisonous, so you might want to get a positive I.D. on it before sampling it!!!

Richard · 04-09-2009, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by alpha010

Time for dave's garden plantfiles.....advanced search!

I have found it useful for "common nursery plants". The descriptions and care information for fruiting plants are sometimes inappropriate.

harveyc · 04-09-2009, 09:23 AM

I searched and the fruit doesn't look the same on Thevetia peruviana.

Richard · 04-09-2009, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by harveyc

My friend Bryan of Puerto Rico says this is a Euphorbiaceae. It is common there and he once had one, but he doesn't know the species or common name. He says that the sap is milky and that he believes the fruit is poisonous, so you might want to get a positive I.D. on it before sampling it!!!

Thanks, but definitely not in that family:

lorax · 04-09-2009, 09:39 AM

Okay, found a similar pic for it here. But no scientific name. This person is calling it Yellow Trumpet Tree. Most commonly, that means Tecoma stans, but this is most definitely not that.

Could be Tabebuia aurea, but I've never seen it with fruits like that... They're usually beans.

I'm puzzled. Richard, you may want to post those pictures at the UBC plant identifications forums, or I can. There are a whole bunch more experts over there.

Richard · 04-09-2009, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by malaekahana

To me this looks like Thevetia peruviana or Be-still tree. I am not sure about the fruit though, what do the seeds look like? It is a commonly planted small tree in Hawaii. You can google it and find out a lot of info about it.

O.K., that's why those leaves look so familiar! There is also one at Tom Del Hotal's place in La Mesa.

Here is the classification in GRIN: Thevetia peruviana information from NPGS/GRIN

And here are photos that provide an excellent match to foliage, flower, and fruit: Thevetia peruviana - Google Image Search (make sure your google preferrences have safe-search turned off)

harveyc · 04-09-2009, 11:26 AM

Richard, can you point to an image in those that shows a fruit similar to what you provided?

You provided a chart to just a few Euphorbiaceae even though GRIN shows maybe a 250. You definitely should provide better support before using "definitely"! :P

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