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a native pod of sorts
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Posted by paradisi Sunshine Coast (My Page) on Sat, Feb 18, 06 at 2:40
| I've been told that this is a native seed pod - does anyone have any idea what sort of tree it might be from?
The tree was butchered by some "arborealists" on the jungle block behind my place. The old bloke who planted all of the trees is in a nursery home at the moment (he's 96) and none of his family know what he planted except that they wer probably native rainforest trees.
You can see from the handle of the wheely bin that the seed pods are wheely big :-)
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RE: a native pod of sorts
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| Is your Wheelie Bin one of those small ones like they have in Melbourne that it is sitting on gee if not then it is huge like two footballs or one giant peanut, Goodness what would it weigh you would need a big pot for that. Hey Paradisi I think from memory you block may be smaller than mine if the seeds are that big how big does the tree grow, scarey thought...Sorry I cannot help you but Thanks for posting that pic its so interesting... Cheers..MM. |
RE: a native pod of sorts
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| Hi misty - its a normal sized wheely bin, about 75 cm across the tree is one from the jungle block behing my place. I was talking to the owners of it and they had to knock down 8 really large trees because of encroachment on the block beside them. One of the photos shows how much has been cut back - the trees filled in everything up to the fence before the chainsaws arrived. Another of the photos showing the fence is one that made the owners spew - after they'd paid for arborialists to come and knock down all of those trees it appears that the owner or builder of the block next to them have pinched a half a metre of land all the way to the front of the block. The other two photos are of the tree with the pods - you can just make out them hanging from the tree about 20-25 metres up.
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RE: a native pod of sorts
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| I am no expert on QLD rainforest trees but I would not mind betting that it is not native to Australia. It strikes as a plant you might find growing in an Asian or Amazonian raiforest. My experience of native plants thus far is that they are mostly more subtle than that. The only native plant that I know of that has over the top fruits like that is the Bunya Pine. I would take the advice of the average nurseryman (about them) with a grain of salt because many of them will tell you that Proteas are an Australian native. |
RE: a native pod of sorts
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I agree that is probably an exotic - it is certainly not a native plant that I am familiar with.
By the way, your neighbours should have the block boundary surveyed if they have not already done so. If the fence is on their land their neighbour can legally be forced to take it down and replace it in the correct place.
Tony |
RE: a native pod of sorts
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| My guess is that it's a rather shrivelled fruit of the sausage tree, Kigelia africana. My impression is that it has often been planted in Qld. According to my South African tree books the fruit can get up to a metre in length and 10-12 kg in weight! |
RE: a native pod of sorts
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- Posted by deejaus Melb.Vic. Aust (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 19, 06 at 20:00
Paradisi,
Do the fruits hang on a longish stem? Does the tree have red flowers? If so, I agree with Tony...Kigelia africana. I remember them when I was a child in S.A.
Cheers,
Dee. |
RE: a native pod of sorts
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Hi Paradisi.....I have seen one of those sausage trees growing in the grounds of the Big Pineapple when I was riding the Macadamia Train I have a photo somewhere in my Albums .....I found it, it was taken in 1997 with my old Pentax 35mm camera I have taken a pic of it with my old digital camera it turned out OK and by looking at it, the sausage fruit could well be that seed.....Cheers..MM.
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RE: a native pod of sorts
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| sausage tree sounds like the best bet - wollemia - the owner of the block with the jungle on it was a surveyor (he's now 90 plus and in a nursing home) As for just moving the fence - the builders on the block next door carted away thirty or forty cubic metres of soil, put up a retaining wall and back filled that with concrete and then put the fence on top of the retaining wall. The fence line is half a metre over the boundary and then there's the concrete filled retaining wall to take into consideration too. All because people insist on building huge houses on handkerchief sized blocks. The original block beside the jungle block was subdivided and two huge houses and two pools put in. There was a ten year old house there originally and it was sold for $450,000, it was knocked down and the block sub divided and sold for $300,000 each. Greed cures all! (severe cynicism in that remark of mine) |
RE: a native pod of sorts
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| LOL (cynicism is one of my specialities) Well in all this confusion I would love to grow some if you manage to get the sausage tree bean to grow. I think they ar emost attractive and would love to grow some. let me know at mrhoneycutt@internode.on.net |
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