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| Wonderful large, 6-12" drooping leaves stand out among the cottonwoods, oaks, maples and redbuds along roadsides and woodland edges. This native tree produces purple flowers before the leaf buds open in April and May. They're followed by edible, waxy, irregular-shaped fruit that tastes like bananas. Fruits are greenish-yellow and mature to black, and you have to be quick to beat the wildlife to these unique fruits! Trees grow 15-20 feet, sometimes larger in really perfect sites. This understory tree requires afternoon shade. |
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