Hello all,
The other week I picked up a bean from a tree near our library.
It had a velvety surface. It had been on the dinner table for the past week or so.
onight when we were having some snacks all a sudden it exploded with a crack
nd spilled its seeds into the kitchen!
We first heard the noise but couldn't figure out what exploded.
Then saw the pod split into half.
What is this plant? Does anybody know?
https://plus.google.com/photos/photo...36055891075890
Thanks,
(I think I am in Sunset zone 15.)



http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/detail.php?pid=80


Wow, it is from Central Asia. I am going to tell my friends from Central Asia about it.
Let's see if they have seen it in their region.
Thank you very much!


You are most welcome, indeed.
My best regards to all your treasured Asian friends.
The little weeping pea tree at my first home 1981- 87
would explode dramatically - if conditions were just right.
... not quite as loud as a fire-cracker - more like a small weak
lady-finger.
John T.