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What kind of tree is this (link)? Is this fruit edible?
On 7/9/2008 8:59 PM, Zarlot531 wrote:
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 It's definitely a camellia, most likely C. japonica although it might be C. sasanqua. Even the blurred photo resembles a camellia bush. The fruit is not likely edible, but it is also not likely toxic. Usually the flowers fall off without forming any fruit. If you allow the fruit to mature, the ripened seeds can be planted and might produce a new variety of camellia. Young leaves of the closely related C. sinensis are the primary ingredient of commercial tea. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
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