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18-12-2006, 06:24 PM posted to sci.bio.botany
Stewart Robert Hinsley
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another mystery tree - Livingstone, Zambia
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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
If I recall correctly the earlier photographs didn't suggest Thespesia
(or Azanza) garckeana to me, but some of the description of the fruit
brings that back to my mind - one of the names for the edible fruit is
snot-apple. Try the following PDF and see if it helps
http://www.dfsc.dk/pdf/Seedleaflets/...ana_79_int.pdf
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