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Old 18-12-2006, 03:53 PM posted to sci.bio.botany
P. van Rijckevorsel P. van Rijckevorsel is offline
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Default another mystery tree - Livingstone, Zambia

Assuming that the brownish stuff in the half fruit on the left is some kind
of kernel, it is not a fig.

The picture is so vague as not to ring any bells at all, although all this
clear (sticky?) fluid is most odd.

PvR

schreef

On Dec 8, 5:55 pm, "P. van Rijckevorsel" wrote:
Again, it is hard to say from these two pictures. It looks like a fig to
me.
Cutting through the fruit would have confirmed / refuted that.



Okay, so here is a bit more about this fruit, including a cross
section. Does not sound at all figgy to me.

http://uk.blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-Zq...Kk-?cq=1&p=287

Anton