Date Photo Taken: 08/16/2012
Location: Monroe, Ga.
Posted By: jwitcher
Notes:
This is growing in my garden. The plant looks like a squash plant but stands up like an okra plant. The pod looks like okra with a curved end but smells like a bean. Could you tell me what this is?
Kirk Unregistered says:
milkweed pod.
Maybe purple milkweed.
Can be cooked and eaten. Tasty.
August 16th, 2012 at 2:20 pmWalter Reeves The Georgia Gardener says:
check my website notes on devils claw
August 17th, 2012 at 8:56 amS Riggins Unregistered says:
I too have this growing in my garden??? Not Purple milkweed, but fruit or vegetable pod is the same. I have pictures, but don’t know how to post from here??
September 29th, 2012 at 7:18 pmS Riggins Unregistered says:
I have the same thing growing in my garden. It is not the same plant as purple milk weed, or devils claw??
September 29th, 2012 at 7:37 pm