Re: Nikki's mystery fruiting plant
 

Harvey, you are welcome to come down and see the plant in person :D, compare it to Tom's plant, and taste the fruit if you like :eek:

Re: Nikki's mystery fruiting plant
 

The fruit in those Google pics look different then the ones you posted.

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This looks to be the closest match but it still has a different shape. Camera angle maybe?

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The fruit definitely do not look like Tabebuia or Tecoma which are both in the Bignoniaceae. The flowers are too showy to be a Euphorbiaceae. I still think it is a Be-still tree/Mexican Oleander/Yellow Trumpet Tree/Thevetia even though the fruits dont look like a typical Apocynaceae (Plumeria, Oleander, Vinca, Allamanda). Does it have milky sap? I cant remember if they do...
Oh I probably wouldn't try and eat the fruit...:eek:

Re: Nikki's mystery fruiting plant
 

I looked at that image earlier and don't believe they look very much alike.

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I don't even think the leaves look alike. Different color and shape.

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No thanks!!! ;)

But I would like seeing seeing in this virtual world. Do you have some good photos? I looked at those Google photos before you posted them and the closest feature seems to be some flowers. It would be helpful to have photographs that focuses on the leaves better. I can't tell if they look different because of focus or not.

Re: Nikki's mystery fruiting plant
 

The one thing that does look very similar is the branching of the tree compared to those on Google images. It will be interesting to find out!

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I'll send a piece to Harvey.

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Thanks, Richard! ;)

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I put some picture of my plant flowering in the post for plants flowering today...
What is blooming in your garden today (other plants)? - Page 16 - Bananas.org

Re: Nikki's mystery fruiting plant
 

Thats a Thevetia. I often see them around LA, especially on freeways, but not as much as oleanders. There is some along the 405 around LAX too. Probably toxic, so careful about touching them. They are mostly shrubs, but some are tree forms. Not sure if they are different species or not, or if the tree forms are grafted.

Notice the flowers have the pinwheel shape like a plumeria or an oleander?

I picked one of the fruits from a parking lot once and put it my pocket in hopes of growing it from seed. Then later in the day I notice this greenish brown gunk like boogers coming out of my pants and it was the pulp of the fruit (I guess it turned brown from oxidization). :ha:

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I didn't dare try eating the fruits (nor leaves) which Richard sent me a couple of months ago!

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Some fruits in this family are edible, and quite nutritious, like the Natal Plum. But since this Thevetia is also known as a yellow oleander or be-still tree, I think that probably means it has some toxicity to it.

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Genus: Thevetia
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Rauvolfioideae tribe: Plumerieae.

Genus: Carissa
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Rauvolfioideae tribe: Carisseae.

-- from Taxonomy Query for GRIN Species Records