Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Another native plant with seeds that float for long distances is tallow wood (Ximena americana). You will find this plant growing in sandy places - both beach and scrub. Inside the delicious, fragrant fruit is a seabean, a seed that…
The fruit of tallow wood (Ximena americana) is a drupe. A drupe is a thin-skinned fleshy fruit with a central stone containing the seed. Examples includes plums, cherries, and olives. Other common names for tallow wood include yellow plum, hog…
Tallow wood (Ximenia americana) is a thorny sprawling shrub or small tree (usually) of dry places and is shown above along the beginning of the trail at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. Its genus name, Ximenia, honors Francisco Ximenez, a…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 