Saturday 24 November 2012

What on earth is this?!


I didn't know at first, but I asked an expert and now I know what it is. Do you?!

10 comments:

  1. I think I do - it is Maclura pomifera, Osage-orange fruit.

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  2. No idea - but I wouldn't eat it!

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    1. Neither would I - at first I thought it was a mini brain!

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  3. Look at my blog, you will find a bit of information

    http://paisatges-jardins.blogspot.com.es/2012/11/arbres-dels-carrers-de-reus-maclura.html

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  4. Thank you for the interesting information and pictures Jordi. A most unusual fruit, is it not?

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  5. It looks like a brain that hasn't quite ripened, lol.

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  6. I agree! Must be a politician's brain...

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  7. There's usually tonnes of these lying on the ground just outside one of the glasshouses at Kew at this time of the year...:)

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  8. I've managed to miss them until now!

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