Posted: 9/28/2009 12:04:16 PM EDT
My neighbor has this 12 ft. tall shrub in his front yard. What is it? The leaves look like this:  The bark is smooth:  The fruit looks like this and is on the tree right now:  The fruit has a smell of green vegetable and a taste similar to a pear/peach hybrid.  What is it? What can I use it for? |
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Quoted: I saw one of these the other day and was wondering the same thing. Before I clicked on this thread I was thinking this is what it would be.... I have no idea what it is...and i sure as hell didnt taste it  Nothing swelled, nothing went numb, no pink elephants. Now last week I was tasting plants in the parking lot at work and found one that made my lips go numb and the roof of my mouth itch.... I put that on my "do not eat" list. |
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what the original poster showed is. I linked a new site in my original post. |
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Why do you say that? |
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I'm quite sure that's what it is. Check the site that i linked in my original post. I changed it to a wiki reference. |
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Well in the original link, the picture for the kousa showed a completely different tree. Leaves were different, bark was different, etc. Maybe it is, but the tree itself looks more like a cherry tree to me. |
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My neighbor has this 12 ft. tall shrub in his front yard. What is it? http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78/tacberry/SANY0006.jpg The leaves look like this: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78/tacberry/SANY0007.jpg The bark is smooth: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78/tacberry/SANY0008.jpg The fruit looks like this and is on the tree right now: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78/tacberry/SANY0010.jpg The fruit has a smell of green vegetable and a taste similar to a pear/peach hybrid. http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78/tacberry/SANY0011.jpg What is it? What can I use it for? It's an Asian dogwood; I have one growing in the front yard. Never been tempted to eat the fruit on it though.
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| If you are looking for another related plant to consider growing you might want to try Cornus mas |