Name This Tree Fruit!

[Chic Rustler]

Amazing looking fruit and the wood sounds fantastic too! I've never or heard of these before, thanks for sharing

Wow you never heard of bow dark or bois d arc?

 

[sumi]

No. I was pretty clued up with trees in South Africa, still learning here in Ireland, but I never heard of that one. I would've remembered the fruit for sure, they are very unusual looking.

 

[treerooted]

Also considering this is it's natural range:

It's no wonder if most people aren't familiar with it.

 

[Denim Deb]

They're actually a member of the mulberry family.

I saw my first one when I was in college. I don't remember now if it was my ecology class or my dendrology class. But, the fruits fascinate me. They make me think of a green brain. I'll often call it a green brain tree.

One day, I brought home one of the fruits and had it in the house. It started to rot, and I didn't have time to do anything w/it, so I chucked it out the front door. My DD stepped on it, and comes in the house and tells me, Mom, I just stepped on your brain!

 

[sumi]

That is funny! You know, when I first saw the pic I also thought it looks like a brain. Such a strange looking fruit.