Weird fruit and thorny, hairy leaves

By Connie Veneracion on May 29, 2009 @ 10:34 am  
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I’ve seen a lot of plants with thorny stems but this is the first thorny leaf I’ve seen and photographed. The fruit of the plant itself is strange looking — like the head of an animal complete with ears. There’s an older photo of this yellow fruit in the archive taken during a previous stay at Balay Indang. It caught our attention then but, during our most recent visit, it was the leaves that appeared more interesting. It’s as though they’re saying “Hands off!”

The pink flowers aren’t part of this plant. They grow from a bush planted right beside the one with the piglet-fruits.

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6 Responses to “Weird fruit and thorny, hairy leaves”
  1. kotsengkuba says:
    May 29, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    parang nakakita na ko nyan pero di ko matandaan kung saan. yan daw pala, ayon kay google is the Nipple Fruit, Solanum mammosum, a.k.a. Titty Fruit, Cow’s Udder, Apple of Sodom. search mo nalang ;-)

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  2. Lui says:
    May 29, 2009 at 9:53 pm

    Hi, Ms. Connie!
    According to our tour guide at Bohol Bee Farm, this one’s called Mickey Mouse fruit :) some of them do look like Mickey Mouse!

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  3. emyM says:
    May 31, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    That’s so interesting! I’ve never seen anything like that before. Yes,that’s what I want to know-is it edible?

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  4. nessie says:
    July 24, 2009 at 11:09 am

    like ko din ng ganyang plant ang ganda naman, di ko nga lang alam where to buy prob meron nyan sa tagaytay.

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