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And this is a walnut tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_regia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_regia Compare the fruit, leaves, and bark.

Alex3917 10y ago
One has simple leaves, the other has compound leaves. And do the ranges even have much overlap?
- DonaldFisk 10y ago
  There are differences if you know what to look for. I've often collected walnuts from trees in England and thought they looked similar. I don't need to check if the leaves are pinnate - they always are. If I hadn't been forewarned, I might have got as far as cutting the manchineel fruit open before discarding it, thinking it was a related species. Lack of range overlap makes misidentification by someone from outside the range more likely.
mfukar 10y ago
Even if one couldn't tell the leaves apart, the bark of the trees is completely different. One is smooth, the other reddish. And of course there's no way you would mistake the brown-green husk of the walnut for manchineel fruit - they are smaller in size, the husk is often cracked near maturity. Not that we don't have issues with walnuts, either..
- DonaldFisk 10y ago
  It would help to link to some photographs, and make pronoun references unambiguous. I've never seen a manchineel tree. Perhaps they do look quite different in real life. But based on the photographs I've seen (e.g. on http://psytreasure.com/little-apple-death-deadly-plant-used-torture-instrument/ http://psytreasure.com/little-apple-death-deadly-plant-used-...) there's a risk of confusing the two plants. From what I can tell based on photographs (here walnut = Juglans regia): Leaves: Individual leaves are very similar but walnut leaves have a pinnate arrangement, manchineel don't. Fruit: If they're shaped like apples, or are yellowish, they're manchineel. However, manchineel are often more oval and coloured similarly to walnut (see photo on psytreasure page). Bark: There's enough overlap here that I wouldn't rely on it. Location: Manchineel trees are usually located on the coast or near water. Walnut trees can be found anywhere. Range: Manchineel trees are located around the Caribbean Walnut is Eurasian, but has North American relatives (e.g. black walnut). Advice: If you're near the Caribbean and see what looks like a walnut tree, avoid it. More general advice: If you're not sure what a plant is, don't eat it.
  - mfukar 10y ago
    > More general advice: If you're not sure what a plant is, don't eat it. Solid.
anc84 10y ago
Woof!

Alex3917 10y ago

One has simple leaves, the other has compound leaves. And do the ranges even have much overlap?

DonaldFisk 10y ago
There are differences if you know what to look for. I've often collected walnuts from trees in England and thought they looked similar. I don't need to check if the leaves are pinnate - they always are. If I hadn't been forewarned, I might have got as far as cutting the manchineel fruit open before discarding it, thinking it was a related species. Lack of range overlap makes misidentification by someone from outside the range more likely.

mfukar 10y ago

Even if one couldn't tell the leaves apart, the bark of the trees is completely different. One is smooth, the other reddish. And of course there's no way you would mistake the brown-green husk of the walnut for manchineel fruit - they are smaller in size, the husk is often cracked near maturity. Not that we don't have issues with walnuts, either..

DonaldFisk 10y ago
It would help to link to some photographs, and make pronoun references unambiguous. I've never seen a manchineel tree. Perhaps they do look quite different in real life. But based on the photographs I've seen (e.g. on http://psytreasure.com/little-apple-death-deadly-plant-used-torture-instrument/ http://psytreasure.com/little-apple-death-deadly-plant-used-...) there's a risk of confusing the two plants. From what I can tell based on photographs (here walnut = Juglans regia): Leaves: Individual leaves are very similar but walnut leaves have a pinnate arrangement, manchineel don't. Fruit: If they're shaped like apples, or are yellowish, they're manchineel. However, manchineel are often more oval and coloured similarly to walnut (see photo on psytreasure page). Bark: There's enough overlap here that I wouldn't rely on it. Location: Manchineel trees are usually located on the coast or near water. Walnut trees can be found anywhere. Range: Manchineel trees are located around the Caribbean Walnut is Eurasian, but has North American relatives (e.g. black walnut). Advice: If you're near the Caribbean and see what looks like a walnut tree, avoid it. More general advice: If you're not sure what a plant is, don't eat it.
- mfukar 10y ago
  > More general advice: If you're not sure what a plant is, don't eat it. Solid.

anc84 10y ago

Woof!