Somebody from Israel wrote to rec.gardens asking for the ID of a tree. All he
gave us to go on was a drawing of a samara. I first thought of maples (there
are 2 in Israel), but come to find out it is Tipuana tipu, common name Pride of
Bolivia (although it comes from eastern SA). Belongs to the Papilionaceae, with
yellow pea flowers, & is widely planted in warm countries. Anybody know if
there are any other Papilionaceae that produce samaras or keys? I thought they
all stuck to pods. Never too old to learn something new, as Laun (?) says.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much
that ain't so."
Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1818-1885