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Old 24-Sep-2003   #1
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Blue Fruit
has anyone ever seen these before?
nobody i know has any idea of what they are
the tree is about 50 feet tall with large leaves that almost look like mango tree leaves.the tree is very tall and skinny
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Old 24-Sep-2003   #2
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Carp,

Those are racketballs.

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I know they are not blueberrys but they are blue and they are berrys.
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Carp, this could be porcelain berry? (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata). Porcelain berry is a vine that gets quite large. Mike
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I'm sorry to say this guys but I suspect you are looking at a cultivar of fruitius waximus. The berry's do look much like porcelain berry but in the pictures I've found on the web the stems all look dark brown, not blue. Also, there appears to be a mold line on the upper right berry in monsieur carp's photo.

My apologies if I have mistakenly side tracked a serious inquiry but methinks I smell a mackerel.
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Blue Quandong
Elaeocarpus grandis

"Blue fig" or Blue Quandong - a common Australian rainforest tree with edible fruits. The leaves turn red providing a striking contrast to the blue fruit...

http://lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au/doc...luequandong.htm

http://www.forestfarmers.com.au/Species/E-grand.htm

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thanks Matt,
i had a suspicion that they might be some sort of fig,
the ownwer of the house(i'm renting) must have gone ficus mad
about 20 yrs ago, the tree you can see directly underneath the
" blue fig " is a cabbage fig from africa i think.
thanks again.
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this is the trunk.
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they look good! if you eat one tell us what they taste like
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Well, isn't my face red ..... I honestly thought this was a bit of a prank meant to bring a lighter note to the forum.

I wish to apologise again to Mr. Carp and anyone else who may have taken offense at my comments.

Guess I'll just have to watch my jaded side and not assume everyone is as twidted as I am...
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