Name that plant
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Date Photo Taken
08 / 29 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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State
Florida
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Posted by
simon
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Hi, I live in Malabar Florida and I have this tree Growing in my front yard.
Comments
simon Registered says:
Thanks so much!
September 2nd, 2014 at 9:52am
mgsriramiyer Leaf Lover says:
Thank you, Mr. Reeves.
September 1st, 2014 at 2:12am
Walter Reeves The Georgia Gardener says:
Nice work mgsriramiyer!
August 31st, 2014 at 11:52pm
mgsriramiyer Leaf Lover says:
You are lucky this is growing in your front yard. These are called Jamun fruits in Hindi in India, with scientific name of Syzygium cumini. They have a particular taste, pleasant but sour and make your tongue purple. It is good for lowering sugar level in Diabetes patients. Please refer this wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygium_cumini
August 31st, 2014 at 2:10pm
simon Registered says:
I will try to get better pictures. Thanks, This one has me 🙁
August 30th, 2014 at 8:44pm
Jim Unregistered says:
The previous comment wasn’t meant to confirm the ID. Metrosideros may be right – I’ll concede being no expert – but the Carolina laurel cherries in the Atlanta area have round fruit, not oblong.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:33pm
Jim Unregistered says:
It seems it has gotten pretty common to call this a ‘cherry laurel’ (see different common names on the link), but … it’s a cherry (prunus) with leaves resembling a laurel, not a laurel that has fruit resembling a cherry. The adjective should be in front.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:27pm
Metrosideros Master Identifier says:
Looks like Prunus caroliniana, Cherry Laurel. http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRCA
August 29th, 2014 at 8:22pm