Posted by JonC on July 12, 2010, 5:58 pm
http://tinypic.com/m/b3nz2t/4
Can anyone Id this tree please?
The fruits tasted really bitter!!
Posted by Stewart Robert Hinsley on July 12, 2010, 6:21 pm
>http://tinypic.com/m/b3nz2t/4
>Can anyone Id this tree please?
>The fruits tasted really bitter!!
It's a Carya. I'd guess at pignut (Carya glabra), but there is a
bitternut (Carya cordiformis) among the other species.
You shouldn't really be tasting the fruits if you don't know what it is.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley
Posted by nmm1 on July 12, 2010, 7:00 pm
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>>http://tinypic.com/m/b3nz2t/4
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>>Can anyone Id this tree please?
>>The fruits tasted really bitter!!
>It's a Carya. I'd guess at pignut (Carya glabra), but there is a
>bitternut (Carya cordiformis) among the other species.
Why not a walnut (Juglans regia)? What have I missed?
>You shouldn't really be tasting the fruits if you don't know what it is.
No, tasting is OK. There are no temperate plants that I know of
that are so poisonous that merely tasting them is dangerous.
The worst that I can think of are the Toxicondendron species.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
Posted by Les Hemmings on July 13, 2010, 1:01 am
nmm1@cam.ac.uk wrote:
> Why not a walnut (Juglans regia)? What have I missed?
I'd have said walnut to. The outer green casing of the nut is incredibly
bitter & stains skin brown too.
L
Posted by Dave Poole on July 13, 2010, 1:50 am
> n...@cam.ac.uk wrote:
> > Why not a walnut (Juglans regia)? What have I missed?
> I'd have said walnut to. The outer green casing of the nut is incredibly
> bitter & stains skin brown too.
It is a walnut! The bitter taste and staining is due to the high
levels of tannins and acids present in the outer casing. Provided the
shell of the nut hasn't already started to form, those look just ready
for pickling.
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>Can anyone Id this tree please?
>The fruits tasted really bitter!!