Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

I've just been digging out my compost heap to put in a cold frame. I was
most surprised to find something that looked like a smallish parsnip
about 16 cm. long but, growing out of the top, were strands of what
looked like bindweed. There were tendrils and the leaves felt rough. I
cut a piece of the root in order to smell it but it was nothing like
parsnip.

Has anyone any idea what this might be? I'll see if I can take a photo
of it.

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David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

Here's a photo of this pseudo-parsnip/bindweed root:

http://rance.org.uk/chameau/unknownroot.jpg

Any information welcome!

David

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David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

Here's a photo of this unknown root:

http://rance.org.uk/chameau/unknownroot.jpg

Any help in identifying it welcome!

David

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David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

On 03/05/2017 10:33, David Rance wrote:
Here's a photo of this unknown root:

http://rance.org.uk/chameau/unknownroot.jpg

Any help in identifying it welcome!

David



Looks like some form of tuberous cucurbit
David @ a sunny side of Swansea Bay

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

On 03/05/2017 10:33, David Rance wrote:
Here's a photo of this unknown root:

http://rance.org.uk/chameau/unknownroot.jpg

Any help in identifying it welcome!

Pot some up and flower it - that should provide plenty of extra
information. Definitely looks like a climber so my guess would be some
sort of bindweed relative.


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Regards,
Martin Brown

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

In message , Martin
writes
On Wed, 3 May 2017 10:33:46 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

Here's a photo of this unknown root:

http://rance.org.uk/chameau/unknownroot.jpg

Any help in identifying it welcome!

Parsnip.

But it doesn't smell like a parsnip and the leaves don't grow like a
parsnip!

David

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David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

In article ,
David wrote:
On 03/05/2017 10:33, David Rance wrote:
Here's a photo of this unknown root:

http://rance.org.uk/chameau/unknownroot.jpg

Any help in identifying it welcome!

Looks like some form of tuberous cucurbit

Spot on. It's white bryony. DON'T eat it!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

In message , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
David wrote:
On 03/05/2017 10:33, David Rance wrote:
Here's a photo of this unknown root:

http://rance.org.uk/chameau/unknownroot.jpg

Any help in identifying it welcome!

Looks like some form of tuberous cucurbit

Spot on. It's white bryony. DON'T eat it!

Phew! Thanks, Nick!

I see that, among its many alternative names, is parsnip turnip.

Many thanks also to you others who have replied.

David

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David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

In message , Martin
writes
On Wed, 3 May 2017 11:29:44 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

In message , Martin
writes
On Wed, 3 May 2017 10:33:46 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

Here's a photo of this unknown root:

http://rance.org.uk/chameau/unknownroot.jpg

Any help in identifying it welcome!

Parsnip.

But it doesn't smell like a parsnip and the leaves don't grow like a
parsnip!

You should have said :-)

I did! You failed to notice the details in the message I sent a few
minutes earlier. It took me a bit longer to post the photo on my
website.

But neither did you look at the leaves and tendrils in the photo! ;-)

David

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David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

In message , Martin
writes
On Wed, 3 May 2017 15:08:22 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

In message , Martin
writes
On Wed, 3 May 2017 11:29:44 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

In message , Martin
writes
On Wed, 3 May 2017 10:33:46 +0100, David Rance

wrote:

Here's a photo of this unknown root:

http://rance.org.uk/chameau/unknownroot.jpg

Any help in identifying it welcome!

Parsnip.

But it doesn't smell like a parsnip and the leaves don't grow like a
parsnip!

You should have said :-)

I did! You failed to notice the details in the message I sent a few
minutes earlier. It took me a bit longer to post the photo on my
website.

But neither did you look at the leaves and tendrils in the photo! ;-)

I blame my wife, my expert, who has confessed to not looking at the
tendrils and
leaves. Interesting that a US website recommends it for its medicinal
properties, probably one mollecule/million litres. :)

I was wondering what the excuse would be. ;-)

David

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David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France

Pseudo parsnip or bindweed?
 

On 03/05/2017 16:23, Martin wrote:
I blame my wife, my expert, who has confessed to not looking at the tendrils and
leaves. Interesting that a US website recommends it for its medicinal
properties, probably one mollecule/million litres. :)

It's a very good cure for constipation.

We had one persistently appearing in one of our beds. I cleared out a
shrub last year, and this spring when it reappeared I was able to dig it
out.

The root was the size of a turnip.

Andy