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vitiga

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Last ID for today... lol
« on: May 22, 2018, 08:12:12 AM »
If I remember well, it's from Sri Lanka. I don't think it is eatable ?
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Re: Last ID for today... lol
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2018, 11:50:19 AM »
Looks like huevos de toro (or bull balls). I don't know for sure 'cause I haven't looked at a tree lately. If they are they are not edible.

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Re: Last ID for today... lol
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2018, 07:35:24 PM »
Yes they are not edible.
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Re: Last ID for today... lol
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2018, 07:42:54 PM »
thanks, finally got the ID using google. It is  Stemmadenia donnell-smithii
Got that info too :
The Dogbane Family is a big one, and one feature many of its species have is that they're filled with milky white latex. Most plants exuding white latex traditionally are considered medicinal and/or poisonous, and that's the case with Stemmadenia donnell-smithii. The latex has been used to reduce swellings, cure external tumors, and in neighboring Quintana Roo people have been seen daubing the white latex over the breathing holes of parasites that burrow into the skin, suffocating them and making them easier to expel. Chemically, the tree's latex has been shown to contain a number of powerful alkaloids.

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