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clay91846
Cypress, TX
May 9, 2012 10:40 AM Post #9117312
| This tree appeared in my yard several years ago. We didn't plant. It just keeps growing and this year has flowered. Does anyone recognize? Thanks. Bees and wasps seem to like it. 
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
May 9, 2012 10:42 AM Post #9117314
| Possibly Triadica sebifera, Chinese Tallow tree
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triadica_sebifera |
growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
 May 9, 2012 10:43 AM Post #9117317
| I agree: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/32151/ |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
 May 9, 2012 10:46 AM Post #9117325
| Yes, the seeds can be lit on-fire and make a good torch! |
growin
Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b)
May 9, 2012 10:49 AM Post #9117331
| Great for a Hawaiian party (Tiki torches) while preventing the spread of this noxious weed tree. Sounds like a great plan. I hope I'm invited.
Learn something new everyday.
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
May 9, 2012 10:50 AM Post #9117334
| Also, they can be invasive...my neighbor has one...we have removed 5 or 6 of them over the past few years...all volunteers.
Yup...that is why they are called TALLOW trees.
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Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
May 9, 2012 11:09 AM Post #9117358
| E komo mai!
Everyone is invited!
Come on over!
Aloha nui loa!
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
May 9, 2012 11:12 AM Post #9117363
| And wouldn't you be surprised when we all showed up...GRIN |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
May 9, 2012 11:52 AM Post #9117406
| I'll cook!
The State of Hawai'i, DLNR, used o give away seedlings of Triadica sebifera to see how they would grow on windward Hawai'i Island. They were considered as a possibly economically important tree.
Fortunately, the tree has not yet naturalised here.
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themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
May 9, 2012 3:09 PM Post #9117622
| Cool...I will bring shrimp and crawfish...grin |
trackinsand
mid central, FL (Zone 9a)
May 9, 2012 4:24 PM Post #9117681
| i'll bring the 'gator. 
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ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC (Zone 9a)
May 9, 2012 5:29 PM Post #9117753
| You can't have shrimp (or gator) without grits and tasso gravy.
Tallow trees are terribly invasive here, we are encouraged to destroy any we find on our property. For many years you could buy very attractive and unique christmas wreaths made out of the berries around here.
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trackinsand
mid central, FL (Zone 9a)
May 9, 2012 5:53 PM Post #9117778
| and here i thought i was a southerner...what IS tasso gravy? |
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a)
May 9, 2012 10:43 PM Post #9118036
| Tasso...the alltime great Cajun seasoning pork...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasso_ham |
