Yeah, yeah, I know I'm a Lorax and I should know these things. I'm in a completely new biome, though, and I'm learning, so cut me a bit of slack... There's trees I hadn't heard of before I got here. These are a couple of trees I've found around my house, and I've got suspicions but no real clue as to their identities. The first ones I suspect are some species of Loquat (Eriobotyra japonica ssp) and the second perhaps Chirimoya (Annona cherimola)?? I've attached pictures of the bark of the suspected Chirimoya, as it reminds me of Papaya or Babaco bark, although the leaves are totally at odds with this. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Middle pic has something of a walnut look about it, but I doubt it is (even though Ecuador has native Juglans neotropica). Definitely not an Annona, they don't have compound leaves like this. The other two, sorry, no idea, but the first doesn't look like Eriobotrya to me. Don't know if this site might be able to help at all: Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=201
It was only the way the new leaves were coming, in tight fuzzy bundles, that reminded me of Eriobotrya on that one; it otherwise bears no resemblance at all to my other loquats. I'll give the site a browse, and see what I can turn up. They may not be natives.
the first pic it is not any annona i have ever seen than again i am only growing eight species of annona there are a bunch of other species in the annona family but my gut tells me it is not an annona . the leaves sort of resembles akee. but the new growth is different so not sure the second pic sort of looks like a different plant are the first two pics from the same plant ? it sorta looks a little like pecan. but i have never grown walnuts or chesnuts so not sure exactly what they look like. the third one just looking at the bark at first glance it sort of looks like it may be an apple or pear but withought leaves it is really hard to make a good guess some pics of the leaves may be allot more helpfull.
well than scratch that the bark looks like an apple the second pic still looks like pecan to me i guess i have never paid attention to the bark of the smaller branches
That's what I'm doing - the tough thing is that I'm not sure when that is. It seems to be different for each and every species down here.
Looks like a sapling, but it's 5 years old at least. Poor thing got water-starved under the previous renters.
