I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut. Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about 1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad

On 29 Sep 2003 16:38:16 -0700, (Brad Gibson)
wrote:

I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut. Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about 1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad

Go to the store, and look at a can of Planters mixed nuts, or call up
one of their web sites......

On 29 Sep 2003 16:38:16 -0700, (Brad Gibson)
wrote:

I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut. Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about 1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad

Go to the store, and look at a can of Planters mixed nuts, or call up
one of their web sites......

On 29 Sep 2003 16:38:16 -0700, (Brad Gibson)
wrote:

I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut. Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about 1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad

Go to the store, and look at a can of Planters mixed nuts, or call up
one of their web sites......

In article ,
[Brad Gibson] wrote...

I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut. Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about 1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Try _Terminalia catappa_ ["tropical almond"].

http://club.euronet.be/luc.pauwels/TermCata.jpg
http://www.fao.org/docrep/V8929e/v8929e06.htm
http://www.fao.org/docrep/V8929e/v8929e21.gif

Is this it?

cheers

Could be some sort of Anonymous nucifer.

A "flying saucer", eh?

Rinkytink should know what it is, he's a real nutcase!!!


Brad Gibson wrote in message
...
I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut. Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about 1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad

Cereoid-UR12- schreef
A "flying saucer", eh?

Rinkytink should know what it is, he's a real nutcase!!!

+ + +
Well, well, somebody casually drops the words "flying saucer" and Cereoid
goes into defensive mode. How revealing!
PvR

"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote in message
m...
Could be some sort of Anonymous nucifer.

A "flying saucer", eh?

Rinkytink should know what it is, he's a real nutcase!!!


Brad Gibson wrote in message
...
I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut. Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about 1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad


I feel I should enter the lists in defence of this poster; after all it WAS
a fair question. Instead of invective, jibes and jeers perhaps the correct
answer might settle the matter and ameliorate the general mood. Yours most
sincerely.

You can kiss my nut sack, Rinkytink.


P van Rijckevorsel wrote in message
.. .
Cereoid-UR12- schreef
A "flying saucer", eh?

Rinkytink should know what it is, he's a real nutcase!!!

+ + +
Well, well, somebody casually drops the words "flying saucer" and Cereoid
goes into defensive mode. How revealing!
PvR

Who are you? Are you his mother nutter from down under?

If you really want to contribute something useful, why don't you identify
the plant yourself?

If not, nuts to you!


Peter Jason wrote in message
...

"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote in message
m...
Could be some sort of Anonymous nucifer.

A "flying saucer", eh?

Rinkytink should know what it is, he's a real nutcase!!!


Brad Gibson wrote in message
...
I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut. Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about
1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad


I feel I should enter the lists in defence of this poster; after all it
WAS
a fair question. Instead of invective, jibes and jeers perhaps the
correct
answer might settle the matter and ameliorate the general mood. Yours
most
sincerely.

You can kiss my nut sack, Rinkytink.


P van Rijckevorsel wrote in message
.. .
Cereoid-UR12- schreef
A "flying saucer", eh?

Rinkytink should know what it is, he's a real nutcase!!!

+ + +
Well, well, somebody casually drops the words "flying saucer" and Cereoid
goes into defensive mode. How revealing!
PvR

Who are you? Are you his mother nutter from down under?

If you really want to contribute something useful, why don't you identify
the plant yourself?

If not, nuts to you!


Peter Jason wrote in message
...

"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote in message
m...
Could be some sort of Anonymous nucifer.

A "flying saucer", eh?

Rinkytink should know what it is, he's a real nutcase!!!


Brad Gibson wrote in message
...
I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut. Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about
1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad


I feel I should enter the lists in defence of this poster; after all it
WAS
a fair question. Instead of invective, jibes and jeers perhaps the
correct
answer might settle the matter and ameliorate the general mood. Yours
most
sincerely.

It's a macadamia nut, of course. And I thought nuts were YOUR specialty.
s******





"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote in message
m...
Who are you? Are you his mother nutter from down under?

If you really want to contribute something useful, why don't you identify
the plant yourself?

If not, nuts to you!


Peter Jason wrote in message
...

"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote in message
m...
Could be some sort of Anonymous nucifer.

A "flying saucer", eh?

Rinkytink should know what it is, he's a real nutcase!!!


Brad Gibson wrote in message
...
I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut.
Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about
as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about
1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around
it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like
an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad


I feel I should enter the lists in defence of this poster; after all it
WAS
a fair question. Instead of invective, jibes and jeers perhaps the
correct
answer might settle the matter and ameliorate the general mood. Yours
most
sincerely.

Peter Jason schreef
It's a macadamia nut, of course.

+ + +
?
http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/macadamia.html
PvR

+ + +
Brad Gibson wrote
I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut.
Its tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and about
as wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that have
rounded ends.

The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and about
1.5 in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying saucer if
you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around it. The actual nut,
which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks like an almond, but is about
twice as long.

Brad

Exactly what I thought it probably was but the description was so poor that
only Brad knows for sure.

They grow many acres of them in Hawaii.

http://www.maunaloa.com/home.asp

Comparing the nuts to "flying saucers" is still a real knee slapper!!!
Maybe that would be true in a food fight while under the influence of
intoxicants?

Sometimes you feel like a nut..........sometime you don't!!!!
(Almond Joy has nuts, Mounds don't. Because.......)


Peter Jason wrote in message
...
It's a macadamia nut, of course. And I thought nuts were YOUR specialty.
s******





"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote in message
m...
Who are you? Are you his mother nutter from down under?

If you really want to contribute something useful, why don't you
identify
the plant yourself?

If not, nuts to you!


Peter Jason wrote in message
...

"Cereoid-UR12-" wrote in message
m...
Could be some sort of Anonymous nucifer.

A "flying saucer", eh?

Rinkytink should know what it is, he's a real nutcase!!!


Brad Gibson wrote in message
...
I was wondering if anyone knew the name of a certain kind of nut.
Its
tree grows in tropical areas, and can be about 60 ft high and
about
as
wide (including branches) as it is tall. It has big leaves that
have
rounded ends. The nut with its shell is about 3-4 in. long and
about
1.5
in. thick, and usually has green or red skin on the outside. It is
shaped like a lemon if you look at it in one way and like a flying
saucer if you turn it around a little bit, and has a ridge around
it.
The actual nut, which is edible (and very good-tasting), looks
like
an
almond, but is about twice as long.

Brad


I feel I should enter the lists in defence of this poster; after all
it
WAS
a fair question. Instead of invective, jibes and jeers perhaps the
correct
answer might settle the matter and ameliorate the general mood. Yours
most
sincerely.