Is this a small Cherry tree?

Loohan

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Jan 5, 2015
Messages
832
Location (City and/or State)
North-Central Arkansas
It could be a cherry. I have wild cherries and the leaves look like that. Going from memory because it is winter now.
If it is a cherry the crushed leaves should have that strong, distinct cyanide-compound smell.
 

Yvonne G

Old Timer
TFO Admin
10 Year Member!
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Jan 23, 2008
Messages
93,448
Location (City and/or State)
Clovis, CA
It could be. The leaves of the different varieties are shaped differently, but here's just one I found:

black_cherry_leaves.jpg


To be honest, it looks like ficus benjamina, but that's a pretty tender houseplant. I doubt it would be growing outside in a pot.
 

Jacqui

Wanna be raiser of Lemon Drop tortoises
Moderator
10 Year Member!
Joined
Aug 28, 2007
Messages
39,936
Location (City and/or State)
A Land Far Away...
I don't know the answer to your question, but it gave me a chuckle. A few years back, when I was trucking with Jeff, we were going down the road eating Bing cherries. We were spitting the seeds out the window. We started laughing that years from now, we would be going down this same road and there would be cherry trees growing along the roadside.
 

ZEROPILOT

REDFOOT WRANGLER
Moderator
Tortoise Club
5 Year Member
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Jul 16, 2014
Messages
29,126
Location (City and/or State)
South Eastern Florida (U.S.A.)/Rock Hill S.C.
I've noticed a second such small tree/plant inside the enclosure.
I had fed my group some about 8 months ago.
I saw a cherry tree in Connecticut once.
I'm not even sure they grow this far south. I've never seen one here. Just the Suriname "cherry" plants.
 

New Posts

Top