Quickie Quiz Jackpot # 4

[mesquite buckeye]

Which tree am I???    ;D




 

longitudinal/rift section




 

same, showing chatoyance.





 

X section.


I think this may be what can be called a hard one.

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[mesquite buckeye]

Clue # 1:

I am not a mesquite.  8) 8) 8) : : :P

[LeeB]

osage

[clww]

Spalted Black Oak.

[Jay C. White Cloud]

Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus montanus??

[Okrafarmer]

Some kind of locust.

[mesquite buckeye]

osage

Nothing close to Osage orange or mulberry. :

             


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[mesquite buckeye]

Spalted Black Oak.

Not any kind of oak.  ;D


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[mesquite buckeye]

Mountain Mahogany Cercocarpus montanus??

Nope. ??? ???

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Hey, Jay, what do you need for drumsticks? ???

[mesquite buckeye]

Some kind of locust.

Does kind of look like a black locust, but it isn't.

Told you it was a hard one. ;D ;D ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #2:

The locations of the groves of this tree were once a closely guarded secret.

[giant splinter]

Manzanita

[mesquite buckeye]

Manzanita

Not a manzanita, nor any other member of the Ericaceae. :P :



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[Dodgy Loner]

Legume family?

[giant splinter]

Ironwood and any form of Juniper such as alligator or one seed juniper

[mesquite buckeye]

Ironwood and any form of Juniper such as alligator or one seed juniper

Not a juniper, not an Ironwood.    8) 8) 8)

[mesquite buckeye]

Legume family?

Indeed.

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[Jay C. White Cloud]

So it's one of the Acacia sp?

[mesquite buckeye]

So it's one of the Acacia sp?

Not an acacia. ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

[mesquite buckeye]

Clue #3

The wood of this tree was harvested for medicinal use. ;D


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[LeeB]

Redbud

[mesquite buckeye]

Redbud

Nope. Sorry.

[clww]

Mullberry.

[mesquite buckeye]

Mullberry.

Not mulberry :( :( :(

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[Okrafarmer]

Bristlecone pine.