On 29/11/07 19:08, in article , "Russel
Sprout" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 29/11/07 18:14, in article , "Russel
Sprout" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
I was given this tonight by someone who lives in Westbury on Trym. She
has
seen these fruits growing on a bush (not a tree) in a garden and picked
two
up off the road. They smell very faintly citrusy to me and each seed
chamber has two seeds in each side. She's not a gardener so can only
tell
me that the leaves are leaf shaped, not huge, not leathery and that the
fruits are autumnal.
http://i16.tinypic.com/7x8rupj.jpg

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

I'd suggest Hodgsonia Macrocarpa, I don't know if there are any coomon
names. Probably worth googling it.


It's extraordinarily like it but H. macrocarpa is waaaay too big. The
Bristol fruits are about the size of a chestnut. What size are the fruits
of H. heteroclita, do you happen to know? Or are they the same plant
under
different names?

macrocarpa, as the name suggests is a big variety/species. There are many
similar variety/species in the wild that are smaller, only a few are named,
pinning this particular plant down would be difficult and probably the
province of and expert, not myself. If its heteroclita look out for the
flowers next hear, short lived, but absolutly amazing!


I'll ask her if she's seen the flowers. I saw them on Google and amazing is
right!

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'