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Tue, Aug 27, 13 at 13:54
| I live in the PNW and have seen a fruit that looks superficially like a Lychee but has a yellow custardy interior with no seeds that tastes somewhat like a persimmon. Does anyone have any idea what this is? I'm surprised it is hardy here, it is a fairly large tree with oval pointed leaves. |
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| Cornus kousa fruit. Edible but insipid. Not tropical and not rare, I'm afraid. |
This post was edited by florauk on Tue, Aug 27, 13 at 16:27
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- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Tue, Aug 27, 13 at 23:34
| That dogwood is very common and messy here as a street planting. Large white blooms nearly cover the tree in May. |
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| Squirrels enjoy the fruits. |
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| They're seeded here - have to be sure not to accidentally bite down on one of the small stony seeds - you could break a tooth. Flavor more reminiscent of pawpaw than persimmon, to me. Famine food - I eat 'em, but don't go out of my way to get a lot of 'em. Massage 'em, tear out the stem, suck out the pulp, spit out the seeds. In a discussion here, some years back, one poster indicated that when he ate them, they made his heart race. I never got that effect, but proceed cautiously... |
This post was edited by lucky_p on Wed, Aug 28, 13 at 12:09
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