Thread: What kind of tree is this (link)? Is this fruit edible?
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Old 25-07-2008, 10:33 PM posted to rec.gardens,rec.gardens.edible,sci.bio.botany
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Default What kind of tree is this (link)? Is this fruit edible?
Zarlot531 wrote in message
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Hello...

I'm curious what the tree in the follow pictures is:

Also...is the fruit edible?

Thank you,

http://snipurl.com/2vwwg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...2/P1011083.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...2/P1011084.jpg

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x...2/P1011086.jpg

I just examined the camellia bushes we have planted in our backyard--they
have essentially identical leaves to those figured in your images; deep
green, shiny upper surface and mildly serrated, notched. I would certainly
tend to favor camellia, as some other folks in this thread have suggested.

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