r/Berries • u/PracticalMine1823 • Nov 23 '24

Hey I need help understanding what this ball is

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This is the inside of it,its outside is red like a shell,also it's from texas

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u/hyouko Nov 23 '24

Do you have any examples of it on the tree/bush it came from? Much easier to identify something if we can see the leaves, etc.

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u/PracticalMine1823 Nov 23 '24

* They come from trees,and they don't usallt appear in big clutchs unless summer

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u/JustAnOldRoadie Nov 24 '24 edited Nov 24 '24

Looks like a Chinaberry Tree fruit that used to grow in my yard when I was a kid. They made great slingshot ammunition.

Ahem.

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u/17decimal28 Nov 23 '24

looks like hackberry to me

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u/PracticalMine1823 Nov 23 '24

I looked that up,but I can't find out if hackberry has yellow insides,or grows incredibly tall,this tree is like at least 2 stories tall

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u/17decimal28 Nov 24 '24

I have three very tall hackberry trees in my back yard. I'm in Tennessee.

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u/CritterTeacher Nov 28 '24

As a professional wildlife biologist, I am certain that this is a hackberry tree. (Admittedly, there are a couple of varieties, but I never quite got the hang of differentiating them.)The pits aren’t edible to humans, but you can suck the little bit of fruit off the outside. (Not worth the effort, imo.) These look a little on the unripe side, they turn a deep burgundy/purple. You can tell that you have a rodent infestation if you find little stashes of the crinkly white pits.

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u/spireup Nov 23 '24

How about some leaves, or photos of more branches with the berries still on and the entire plant?

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u/parrotia78 Nov 25 '24

Celtis. Not sure if the species in TX.

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u/Silver-Ad9706 Nov 24 '24

Looks like SKITTLES TO ME

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u/Miraclethesunbird88 Nov 24 '24

Eat it and…and eat it