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Can you identify this tree?

Posted by Phil Voice on September 27, 2010 at 2:10pm in Plants
Here's a little test for anyone who loves a good plant identification challenge. There's a tree that proliferates here where I live in south west France but I've no idea what it is. The strange thing is, it has no specific normal leaf shape. Some leaves are ovate, others cordate, lobed and partially lobed. This tree has a few people stumped on Twitter and even Toby Buckland's having trouble. Click to enlarge picture - further images here: http://twitpic.com/2sgqdo http://twitpic.com/2sgq07
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  • Jason Felstead September 27, 2010 at 2:16pm
    at first i thought that the second pic was from an Indian bean tree (Cataplpa bignoniodes) have you any pics of the bark, does it flower / fruit
  • Jason Felstead September 27, 2010 at 2:20pm
    Im also tempted to say a Tulip tree as the leaves are similar.
  • Kieran Ray September 27, 2010 at 2:30pm
    Could it be desieised in any way or have a virus causing the leaves to mutate?

    I reckon it could be a form of catalpa too.
  • Matt September 27, 2010 at 2:40pm
    Catalpa is my guess... it could also be a hybrid of the Hippocastanoideae family, yeah I know its a huge family but I wouldn't want to narrow it.

    Some idea of tree size etc would be handy.
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    Phil Voice September 27, 2010 at 3:20pm
    It's not Catalpa, that I'm fairly sure. I can see the resemblance to Tulip tree (only in some of the leaf shapes). Sassafras has been suggested Rhonda and there does seem to be a strong look about it.

    I've not seen flowers, there's no scent to the leaves if crushed and the leaves go bright yellow in the autumn.

    I'm giving away a copy of Gardeners' World First Time Veg Grower by Martyn Cox and Pests and Diseases by David Hurrion to the first person who positively identifies the tree.
  • Bigyin September 27, 2010 at 3:36pm
    How about some pics of the bark and structure ?
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    Phil Voice September 27, 2010 at 3:39pm
    It's just been identified as a Paper Mulberry - Broussonetia papyrifera - by Simon Webster on Twitter.
  • Jason Felstead September 27, 2010 at 3:41pm
    Well it definatley got us all thinking.
  • Claire Brown September 27, 2010 at 4:01pm
    you learn something new everyday -

    Rhonda Jack said:
    Ah..........
  • Bigyin September 27, 2010 at 5:12pm
    Oh, the many faces of Rhonda !! As varied as the leaves on a Paper Mulberry :-)
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