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Sep 19, 2016 3:28 PM CST
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Hey all, I've been trying to find out what tree this is. Can anyone help me? The fruit is a brown leathery skin that once removed is a small but that is almost exactly like the peas used in split pea soup, even splits in half like that.

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Sep 19, 2016 7:37 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
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Where is this plant located? It looks like Biwa. Hmm... excuse me... it looks like Loquat.

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Sep 20, 2016 7:18 AM CST
Name: Porkpal
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If it is a Loquat, the fruit are all over ripe - or something. The leaves, however, are right.
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Sep 20, 2016 10:03 AM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
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porkpal said:If it is a Loquat, the fruit are all over ripe - or something. The leaves, however, are right.

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Sep 20, 2016 10:49 AM CST
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Welcome! I'm wondering what the size of the fruit is - the seeds inside a loquat don't look like split peas do they?
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Sep 20, 2016 10:57 AM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

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The leaves do look like Loquat (Rhaphiolepis bibas) but I'm not sure about the fruit.

Knowing what part of the world the tree is growing should help narrow it down. I also thought the leaves resembled Ficus saussureana but I don't know what the seeds look like for that one. https://www.google.com/search?...
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Sep 20, 2016 12:04 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
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Sep 21, 2016 5:44 PM CST
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It is growing in west California. All the fruit on the tree appear as the picture. They are about an inch and a half round.
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Sep 21, 2016 6:32 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
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The fruit is a little past its prime. They should have been picked last spring.
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Sep 27, 2016 8:58 PM CST

MY GUESS IS LOQUAT their seeds are shiny and brown the fruit on mine are yellow, some fruit have more than 1 seed
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