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Kym starts with ... This tree is about 15+ years old and we built a cage around it when it was a lot smaller to provide shade for some goannas. Its very pretty, doesn't drop a lot of leaves. It has very small yellow flower structures and the new growth in spring in bronze/red in colour. Its about 12 foot at the moment and is quite slow growing (its early years were probably a bit tough). It doesn't get any watering except in the middle of the drought it started to look poorly so it was the sole recipient of a bucketed water out of the entire yard as I like it a lot. It seems to be a nice shade treee and I would like a couple more. What can you tell me about it? Thanks Kym
| About the Author Kym Brisbane 24th January 2009 10:19am #UserID: 1912 Posts: 4 View All Kym's Edible Fruit Trees |
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RolFlor a says... What are the metric measurements of the tree,or do you live in Brisbane,U.S.A.? When you say '12 foot',do you mean 12 feet? Is it not deciduous? No fruit? Have you taken a leaf and flower and photo of the tree to a garden shop for identification help yet?Try the ABC TV Gardening Australia Brisbane question-time,if there is such a thing,search their website for it. | About the Author health101orgarticles1 Ovahere 24th January 2009 8:48pm #UserID: 316 Posts: 159 View All health101orgarticles1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Ellen says... looks like a willow tree Kym, I know, though I am not an expert . B/c I had to pull 1 in front of my property so I could excavate for building of a new one. And the council man said it was such. If you would crush 1 of the leaves, it smelled very nice very scented like those of the Eucalyptus. But the root of this tree can be very destructive if it is planted close to a house. I had to hired people to dig up the roots from it with bull dozer. | About the Author Ellen Smithfield, NSW 24th January 2009 11:05pm #UserID: 1339 Posts: 309 View All Ellen's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kym says... Sorry, I have been away but I have a tentative i.d. syringifolia barklya. I know camphorlaurels and willows and it isn't one of those. This one is slowgrowing and the roots after 15 years haven't been seen anywhere else. The leaves are relatively stiff and don't lie flat. The tree is about 12 foot high and less than that wide,..perhaps 9 or 10 foot. Would you agree with that i.d.? Thanks Kym | About the Author Kym Brisbane 15th February 2009 9:12pm #UserID: 1912 Posts: 4 View All Kym's Edible Fruit Trees |
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RolFlor a says... When you say it is 12 foot high,do you mean it is 12 feet high? What are the metric measurements of the tree? Australia has been metric since 1970,which is a very long +30 years ago. The U.S.A. uses feet and inches,so do you live there? Have you taken the leaf etc to the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Brisbane Council or garden shop etc,yet,for help with identifying it? When you say it is the syringifolia barklya,do you mean the Barklya syringifolia? Why do you think it is the barklya? Here is a photo of the barklya leaf,and it does look like your tree leaf. Do your flowers look the same as the flowers in this photo?
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Kym says... Yes! that's the leaf exactly! In the pic you posted. As for the imperial versus metric, I guesstimated the size using a piece of 4x2. LOL! Sorry but I find it hard to think lengths in metric...sad to say though in weights I think in metric, no problems. Thank you for the help in identifying this tree. Regards Kym | About the Author Kym Brisbane 9th March 2009 5:08pm #UserID: 1912 Posts: 4 View All Kym's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Speedy says... Looks like Mimuspos elengi (Sapotaceae) If so, flowers should have a sweet fragrance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimusops_elengi yep that's it I reckon ;-) | About the Author Speedy Nthn Vic. 4th October 2011 12:23am #UserID: 2305 Posts: 250 View All Speedy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... PS..here is a pic of my Kwai Muks leaf..they are either more, or less, "notched" than this..? (mostly less though) Maybe it's a variant thing? Or is it an immaturity difference? (mine only 4 or 5 yrs old and have not flowered yet..) Interesting, guys :)
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John Mc says... Can anyone id these leaves by any chance? The tree was due to be removed so I volunteered to dig it out and bring it home. Not an easy feat, it was a very large tree to manhandle. Hope it was worth the effort, I thought it is some form of Tamerind, any suggestions? Oh, the bark is relatively smoothish for a 15 yo tree..
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John Mc says... Thank you for your reply Denise. I can see the resemblance, although I didn't think the Tuckeroo leaves are as big as these? The larger leaves are longer than my hand. There's some Tuckeroo in the main street of Budgewoi, I'll go have a closer look.
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John Mc says... I've tried to get some really close up shots of the petioles if that helps? plus some shots of the tree itself. I know, a flower or fruit would be a dead giveaway, but I'm impatient and would like to know what I've busted my a**e on getting this thing home.
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John Mc says... I wish Amanda, looks very similar though. Thanks for looking Mike. This tree came off a property that has a large collection of fruiting flora from all over the world, personally collected by the previous owners up to 30 years ago. Most are 20 to 30 yo seeedling trees, the same property that has the previously mentioned African snot-apple and Moquillo (saurauia berry). | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 4th March 2012 5:53pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Would anyone agree with this: Dimocarpus longan subsp. longan - Longan (Naturalised) Family : Sapindaceae Originated in either Sub Tropical China or the area between Burma and India but now naturalised in rainforest in rainforest in the Cairns and Atherton areas at altitudes 0-760m. There are two sub species and this one - Dimocarpus longan subsp. longan, is the one grown for its fruit.
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Mike says... John it sure looks like a longan and the foliage in my hand now matches well.They only sometimes fruit here and are better suited to slightly drier and cooler weather.Naturalised is a word used for toads where a pest booms and then busts once it becomes part of the system and predators get them and diseases effect them.There are a few stray trees around parks,roads,rural areas and towns but they haven't really established wild populations that I know of.I think their taxonomy is a bit contentious and esarn longan and borneo longan are different species in the genus and obviously tuan (fiji longan) is very different.Longan foliage can look like tukeroo. | About the Author Cairns 4th March 2012 9:18pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Cool, Thank you to everyone for all your suggestions. So we're getting close then. I'm happy with that. Now it's just a matter of waiting to see if it survives the move. They appear to propagate well by several means which is a bonus, and a bigger wait for the blooms. BJ- did your scions arrive last Fri? If not, I packed them in damp hand towelling just in case the overnight express bags take a week to get there. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 4th March 2012 10:04pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Hey BJ ETA Wed/Thurs.500g was not enough to fit it all and the greens didn't make it.The burmese grapes were out of my control briefly and got eaten seeds and all in an unfortunate incident but the rest is there.Oh yeah no marangs either the seeds all rotted after being in a pot in the rain too long.The rest is there and they should be the best of their types. | About the Author Cairns 4th March 2012 10:26pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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