Thread: Does anyone know what this tree is?

First post here!
Does anyone know what this is? I've been searching the internet with no luck.



Thanks in advance!

Ahhh. These grow on the sea shore, yes? The seeds inside the husk (much the same size as an avocado seed) can be grated or smashed up to a pulp and are a poison that kill fish. Pacific Islanders use it to get fish to float to the surface when reef gathering.

As for a name...I don't knpw and don't know what to google.

Well that was easy; "Fish poisons of the Pacific Islands.

Baringtonia is the name.

Use to cure breast cancer..... The white fruit is grated and applied directly in the affected area where the cancer is....

Looks like my nutsack nowadays

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Looks like my nutsack nowadays

Saline injections?

Originally Posted by GracelessFawn

Use to cure breast cancer..... The white fruit is grated and applied directly in the affected area where the cancer is....

Strictly, used to *attempt* to cure breast cancer......

Nearly dead trees.

I have a collection of Japanese Acers, about 20. They are very slow growing shrubs and i bought all mine as 4 inch saplings for pennies - some are now 15 years old and look like proper miniature trees, to buy the sizes i have would cost you over £1,500 for the lot.

They are all in pots and i keep a layer of bark chippings on the top to help stop them drying out. I had to go away with work recently and came back to find 4 of them with dried up leaves and all the chippings gone, the pesky Blackbirds love rooting around to find bugs.

So luckily for me they recovered after some intensive care. Today i came up with an attempt to Blackbird proof them using the thick nylon netting you can get in Thailand and pvc coated wire - you'll see the results in the pics below, these were two of the ones that dried out, new leaves and still signs of trauma - i've done all 20 and it took fookin ages today.





on a brighter note, my Pear tree i espaliered 4 years ago and which produced 4 1/2 Kg pears last year has gone mad, shame it'll be left behind when i move