Cucumber Tree
It is a deciduous magnolia and medium in size with a height range between 50 and 80 feet and mature diameters between 2 to 3 feet.
Cucumber tree. Exceptional tree for large properties. The scientific name of the cucumber tree is Dendrosicyos socotronus although it also known as Dendrosicyos socotrana and it is from the family Cucurbitaceae the family of gourds and curcurbits. The only strictly English names are cucumber tree and tree sorrel.
Additionally there is a populuation in Southern Ontario which makes the Cucumber tree the only magnolia native to Canada. Magnolia acuminata native to the eastern United States and southern Canada. The tree likes sun at the location and the soil should be drained soils rich in nutrients.
These trees are stately as adults especially when the lower limbs have been pruned to prevent them from dragging. Cucumber Tree is a native deciduous tree found in eastern North America and is found in the foothills and Appalachian Mountains of NC. It will grow 60-80 feet tall with a pyramidal crown and a straight trunk.
700 lb f 3110 N Modulus of Rupture. Cucumber Tree Characteristics Another cucumber tree characteristic is its large trunk which can grow up to five feet thick and is used as poormans walnut much like its cousin the tulip poplar. Redfin has 28 photos of 250 W Cucumber Tree Ave.
Perfect slightly fragrant greenish-yellow flowers bloom high upon the tree in May to early June with pinkish red fruit resembling a cucumber. 250 W Cucumber Tree Ave is a 2357 square foot house on a 7200 square foot lot with 4 bedrooms and 25 bathrooms. I placed the big pot under the rhodo and guided the cucumber plants up the bush.
The leaves are ovoid and the flowers are yellowish to greenish. The immature green fruit resembles a cucumber and leads to the common name. The leaves are green and paler with soft hairs underneath.