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redchic01 southern willamette , OR(Zone 7a) Dec 06, 2008

I'm not sure if this should be in the fruiting category or trees and shrubs, but maybe someone here knows what this tree is?

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redchic01 southern willamette , OR(Zone 7a) Dec 06, 2008

actually, I think that this may have been figured out on another forum.

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Texasescimo Argyle, TX(Zone 7b) Dec 08, 2008

What did it end up being? Thanks
Mike

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redchic01 southern willamette , OR(Zone 7a) Dec 09, 2008

Well, sort of a long story. But, someone brought those to me, wondering if I kew what sort of a tree it was from because they really liked it and maybe want another. I asked if she was certain that she picked the right leaves off of the ground that went to that tree. She said that those leaves definitely came from that tree and that she had picked the nuts off herself. I was dumbfounded by that. Anyhow, in the other forum that I posted this in, Resin wrote back saying that the nuts were off of an Aesculus and the the leaves were from a Cercis. I've seen only the leaves of Aesculus and usually know redbuds well, but was dumbfounded when she put those nuts with it. Anyhow. I went to look at the "tree" myself. Sure enough, there were two trees so intertwined together that I believe that they were two seed thrown in the same spot. They had different types of bark (and buds), but she had never noticed. So, she has both an Aesculus and Cercis in the exact same spot.

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Texasescimo Argyle, TX(Zone 7b) Dec 09, 2008

Are nuts from an Aesculus edible? Thanks
Mike

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cowpea123 Coushatta, LA Dec 10, 2008

No they are not.

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Texasescimo Argyle, TX(Zone 7b) Dec 12, 2008

Thanks

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redchic01 southern willamette , OR(Zone 7a) Dec 12, 2008

But, they do look like the should be! The remind me of a really large hazelnut or philbert.

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cowpea123 Coushatta, LA Dec 13, 2008

My friend ate one and almost died(a rattlesnake got him later)and spent a week in the hospital.

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redchic01 southern willamette , OR(Zone 7a) Dec 13, 2008

Did they actually eat just one to have that effect? Or did they try a few more?

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