long shot, but can anyone identify what this is?
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Rhododendron?
That's a wild-assed guess.
But the first thing that came to mind.
That's a wild-assed guess.
But the first thing that came to mind.Apparently the leaves of this plant may help people with diabetes? Does this info help? lol I know it's like a shot in the dark. I really need to find out what this is.Rhododendron?
That's a wild-assed guess.
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Just googled, I guess plenty of medicinal uses for rhododendron.
Where do you live and do you know how big it gets? There are over 1000 different rhododendron types, with differing leaves, flowers, and ranging from compact little bushes to very very large ones.
(If that's even what it is. Maybe azelea too.)
Do you have a garden center near you you could ask?
Alternatively, Google your state + ericacaea (or related terms) and browse images. I've had luck searching on my state along with descriptive words for plant id.
If you find out let us know!
Where do you live and do you know how big it gets? There are over 1000 different rhododendron types, with differing leaves, flowers, and ranging from compact little bushes to very very large ones.
(If that's even what it is. Maybe azelea too.)
Do you have a garden center near you you could ask?
Alternatively, Google your state + ericacaea (or related terms) and browse images. I've had luck searching on my state along with descriptive words for plant id.
If you find out let us know!
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You do have to be a little concerned with grayanotoxin in honey, but that would take a lot of flowers of the rhododendrons; just something to be mindful of...
https://honeybeesuite.com/a-rare-case-of-honey-intoxication-in-seattle/
In parts of Europe it's called Mad Honey http://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/strange-history-hallucinogenic-mad-honey/
...and other parts of the world http://healthywithhoney.com/himalayan-red-honey-aka-mad-toxic-hallucinogenic-honey-from-nepal/
https://honeybeesuite.com/a-rare-case-of-honey-intoxication-in-seattle/
In parts of Europe it's called Mad Honey http://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/strange-history-hallucinogenic-mad-honey/
...and other parts of the world http://healthywithhoney.com/himalayan-red-honey-aka-mad-toxic-hallucinogenic-honey-from-nepal/
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Not Rhododendron Unless its a form I'm unaware of, but not sure. I was thinking maybe some kind of Laurel. but flower is not correct for the kind that grows in England. Maybe related though?... Its Puzzling me
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Not sure about eating the leaves, but it looks like a Crab Apple to me.
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It certainly looks like some sort of fruit type tree. Plus it looks like a splice near the bottom.
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The flowers show that the plant is in the Daisy Family (Asteraceae).
So we know this is a woody shrub in Asteraceae with white, discoid flower heads (capitula).
It also has been claimed by someone to be a diabetes treatment, but there many unconfirmed folk-remedies of that nature.
I looked at few possible plants in the Tribes Astereae, Eupatorieae, and Plucheae as the flowers reminded me of most of those Tribes, but I did not come up with a match yet. The Daisy Family is the most-species rich plant family with ~32,000 species, so it may take some sleuthing.
The flowers show that the plant is in the Daisy Family (Asteraceae).
So we know this is a woody shrub in Asteraceae with white, discoid flower heads (capitula).
It also has been claimed by someone to be a diabetes treatment, but there many unconfirmed folk-remedies of that nature.
I looked at few possible plants in the Tribes Astereae, Eupatorieae, and Plucheae as the flowers reminded me of most of those Tribes, but I did not come up with a match yet. The Daisy Family is the most-species rich plant family with ~32,000 species, so it may take some sleuthing.