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When ripe, the fruit which has formed on the female tree, breaks apart and the woody epicarp covered in spines disintegrates, allowing the nuts to fall to the ground. Their orange fleshy mesocarp covering is eaten by rodents and some nuts are buried in caches. Nuts are collected from the ground, and taken for processing in sacks or baskets.
The flower spikes droop around 14 to 50 cm (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 19 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in length and are shades of purple and brown and cream. They have a strong sweet smell, described as sickly by some. They are followed in spring and summer by a red fleshy oval fruit, 3–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –2 in) long, 2–2.8 cm (3 ⁄ 4 –1 in) wide.
Denny Schrock . Buckeye. Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra) is usually a small to medium-size tree (20-40 feet tall) with compound leaves that have five oval-shaped leaflets.Closely related is the ...
Pistillate flowers occur in short terminal spikes. [6] The fruit is a drupe2.5 to 4 cm (1 to 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) long, an edible nut with a hard, bony shell, contained in a thick, green four-sectioned husk which turns dark and splits off at maturity in the fall. [3] The terminal buds on the shagbark hickory are large and covered with loose scales. [7]
The flowers cover the tree over a relatively short period, between October and February and are followed by fruit which are woody capsules, 2.5–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long and 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long scattered along the stems. The fruiting capsules have valves which do not project beyond the rim of the capsule. [2] [3] [4]
Elaeocarpus bancroftii, commonly known as Kuranda quandong, Johnstone River almond, ebony heart, grey nut, or nut tree is a large rainforest tree in the family Elaeocarpaceae which is endemic to Queensland. It has coriaceous (thick but flexible) leaves, attractive white flowers and relatively large fruit containing an edible kernel.
A tree can produce 150–180 kilograms (330–400 lb) of fruits per year. It stays productive for 120–150 years. [2] The tree can grow up to 45 m (150 ft) in height and up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter. [3] It starts producing flowers and fruits when the tree's trunk reaches 20 m (66 ft) high. [4]
[1] Scaphium macropodum may be known as the "malva nut tree", although this name is also applied to the similar Scaphium affine. It is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam (where it is called (cay) ươi [4]). Throughout the region the seeds have commercial value, having traditional medicinal (and ...
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