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Jklyles1

Nov 12, 2020 3:56 PM CST

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Port neches texas

Estate sale find. Southeast Texas

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deepsouth

Nov 12, 2020 4:19 PM CST

Name: James
North Louisiana (Zone 8b)

Fig ...no idea which one

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plantladylin

Nov 12, 2020 5:51 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Maybe a variety of Figs (Ficus carica) ? but I don't know which one. Here's a photo from our database of one with a similar looking leaf:

Common Fig (Ficus carica 'Black Mission')
Uploaded by dawiz1753

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CPPgardener

Nov 12, 2020 6:04 PM CST

Name: John
Pomona/Riverside CA (Zone 9a)

I don't think it's a fig. The stems seem too green and smooth-looking. Maybe Jatropha or Euphorbia? Something weird undoubtedly.

Jklyles1, are the leaves sandpapery feeling or smooth?

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plantladylin

Nov 12, 2020 6:36 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

My first thought was Jatropha but I couldn't find any with leaves that quite match. The stem does resemble those of some Euphorbia and the leaves remind me a little of the Summer Poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla) that grows here in Florida but I thought I remembered the leaves being thin, whereas the leaves on the plant in Jklyles1's photo, the leaves look rather thick.

Summer Poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla)
Uploaded by BlueOddish

Wild Poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla var. cyathophora)
Uploaded by piksihk

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Jklyles1

Nov 12, 2020 8:56 PM CST

Thread OP

Port neches texas

CPPgardener said:I don't think it's a fig. The stems seem too green and smooth-looking. Maybe Jatropha or Euphorbia? Something weird undoubtedly.

Jklyles1, are the leaves sandpapery feeling or smooth?

Smooth and thin

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DaisyI

Nov 12, 2020 9:12 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Jatropha was my thought.

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skopjecollection

Nov 12, 2020 9:30 PM CST

Name: Stefan
SE europe(balkans) (Zone 6b)

Im thinking Adenia veneata

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DaisyI

Nov 12, 2020 9:40 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
Not all who wander are lost

Adenia was my other thought as I remembered one had palmate leaves but then I couldn't find it. The stem in photo #2 is the give away.

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost

President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada
Webmaster: osnnv.org

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plantladylin

Nov 12, 2020 9:49 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)