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Ugh I hated this tree, my dad's best friend gave it to him years ago, and we ended up chopping it down b/c of the massive amount of twigs and fruits it drop. All I know it grew very fast, it sprout up to 20 to 30 feet in a few years, or it seemed like that. I know my dad received it as a treelet that was a few feet tall and when we removed it, it was about the height of our neighbor's maple tree. I'll try ask my dad's friend about when I see him.
The fruit looks a lot like the fruit of the Bradford Pear, but those leaves aren't like it. I wonder if it could be some other kind of ornamental fruit tree, though—maybe a weeping variety which might explain the leaves/twigs.
That tree is too tall to be a crabapple. The bark has pronounced lenticels (characteristic of cherry), a cherry-like fruit (characteristic of cherry), and delicate flowers (characteristic of cherry).
Without actually seeing the tree I think it's a Prunus species (cherry).
Looks like a chinaberry tree to me.We had them at my grandmother's house years ago.
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Originally Posted by rrose003
I'd go with chinaberry. There was one in our backyard when I was a child. I think that's what it was.
Just googled - the flowers look like chinaberry! Some of the chinaberry tree photos show the fruit growing in grapelike clusters, and these do not, but everything else (bark, leaves, flowers) fits. So some variety of chinaberry!
Thank you! And thanks, everyone, for your input.
Although in googling, I found it's considered an invasive tree...
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chinaberry!
