Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => Gardening Section => Topic started by: SteveJ on September 10, 2014, 20:44:09 PM
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is it edible?
(http://s15.postimg.org/kbhkd3lfb/102_2193.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/kbhkd3lfb/)
(http://s15.postimg.org/7uawpxq9j/102_2194.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/7uawpxq9j/)
(http://s15.postimg.org/ts7djq59z/102_2198.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/ts7djq59z/)
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Have a taste and let us know. ;)
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That's a square apple.
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ok that's the resident jokers out of the way....
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Squapple
Still here :P
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So I see ;D.
Billie Holiday recorded a song called Strange Fruit and this bush is in the garden of David Holiday (my neighbour and Buddy on 'ere) and I was on holiday when I took the photograph. Spoooky eh?
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Yes that is. I think the five sided one is a quince, so that must be a quartz.
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good in a trifle with double cream and a single malt eh?
Still smokin' ;)
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it looks like quince
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Pumes - nargh -
quinceses, quinciiquonce are much bigger , about the size of a large lemon and they are knobbly. Imagine one of Scunner's knees, paint it yellow and that's what a quince looks like. Unless of course there are varieties of quince and this is a micro smooth variety then I may stand corrected :D
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It's nothing like a quince and neither do the leaves look anything like quince tree leaves.
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Could it be a quince in it's early stages (I'm being serious now :) )
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but as KKOB correctly points out (ouch that hurts) the leaves are not like those of the quince and they wouldn't change.
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To be honest I thought he said the leaves DO look like quince leaves :/
I'll go with squapple again
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I've drawn a blank on all the plant picture sites (I even googled squapple on the off chance) ;D
As Toyah once said - Itth a mythtery
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Young Starfruits?
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just on the off chance that it helps here's sone other photo's....
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(http://s13.postimg.org/fd4arlycz/102_2196.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/fd4arlycz/)
(http://s13.postimg.org/uoe3s7voz/102_2197.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/uoe3s7voz/)
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The ones in the last photo are called flowers
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Not starfruit with that flower
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It's this....
Yellow oleander
Cascabela thevetia
Scientific Name
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
Synonyms
Cascabela peruviana (Pers.) Raf.
Cerbera peruviana Pers.
Cerbera thevetia L.
Thevetia nerifolia Juss. ex Steud.
Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum.
Thevetia thevetia (L.) Millsp.
Common Names
be still tree, be-still tree, bestill tree, Captain Cook tree, Cook tree, dicky plant, foreigner's tree, lucky nut, luckynut, Mexican oleander, still tree, yellow oleander
http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/Cascabela_thevetia.htm
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still here then ;D
Not Star Fruits either Steve, when the fruits weren't picked they turned black but remained in the same shape as the green ones. You can see a black one on the left of one of the first pictures. Star Fruits are much more angular (and star shaped)
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Wow well done Steve, it is indeed :D
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and the prize goes to......
Buddy - if you are reading this thread do not go anywhere near this tree - it's not called a Be Still tree for nothing, it's extremely poisonous.
It's at the end of your terrace. We should consider getting it professionally removed. :(
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I've read a little more about this plant and I'm convinced that we have been lucky to identify it before some little kids got chewing on the "funny shaped apples" - Thanks Steve.
A little more worrying is that one of the sites which discussed the increase in suicides attributable to the deliberate ingestion of the seeds (from zero to 173 in a single year in Sri Lanka - all young pregnant women) had an advert at the bottom where you could buy one of these buggers. Go Figure!
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If you are going to get rid of it, make sure you wear gloves. All Oleanders are poisonous and you can get a severe reaction just from getting the sap on your skin. Also be careful of where you dispose of it.
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Thanks KKOB but did you miss the bit where I suggested that we employed professionals? ???
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No I didn't, but do you honestly think you're going to find ANY in Fethiye ? ;)
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Yes - we have a contact at the Forestry Commission who will sort it out for us.
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It would have been more pleasing if it was a squapple or even a quintile,but never mind,hope you get shot of it without any problems.
While are on does anyone know what this hairy apples are,I've heard them called custard apples but know little about them
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We have three of these in our garden, bought them in the garden centre because we liked the little yellow flowers. We have also seen them with orange flowers. We bought the first one about six years ago to shade the patio.
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Jacqui - as long as you are aware of the dangers of the sap and seeds and there are no unsupervised little ones around to sample the fruits then you should be ok. Personally I'm not prepared to take the risk and the bugger is coming out, it's not called the Suicide Tree for nothing.
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Thanks for that information SteveJ, I'll get it sorted when I'm out next month.