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17-JUL-2017 Yvonne

Fingered Citron

Coromandel Valley, S. Australia

The neighbour of our 2nd daughter has one of these growing and
each year it produces these strangely shaped fruit. It is
also named "Buddha's Hand" and the botanical name is "Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis".
The fruit is quite fragrant and cultivated as an ornamental tree in gardens and containers on patios and terraces.
The fruit contains no pulp or juice and can be eaten as a zest or flavouring in desserts,
savory dishes and alcoholic beverages, and candied as a sweet. Info Wikipedia.

Photo taken today - a dark dreary overcast winter's day.
Update...have discovered a tiny spider living amid the fingers, and 2 tiny snails.

Canon EOS 40D ,Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8
1/60s f/5.0 at 90.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
Jackdad24-Jan-2018 10:27
Gosh, what a peculiar-looking thing!
Alexander Kazakov19-Jul-2017 14:12
Very interesting! V
Buz Kiefer18-Jul-2017 19:43
Very nice color but strange looking. Like an octopus veggie. Vote.
Gill Kopy18-Jul-2017 01:35
How very strange - really does look rather like grotesque fingers ! V
LynnH17-Jul-2017 17:10
Wow, that sure is a gnarly fruit... not sure I would want to eat Buddha's hand. I see the bit of spiders web in the photo. Looks like a handy fruit on which to make a web.
Walter Otto Koenig17-Jul-2017 16:55
A fascinating complexity, well photographed. We get "mutated lemons" every once in a while, but nothing like this. "V"
joseantonio17-Jul-2017 16:29
wow, looks like human fingers.V.
Carl Carbone17-Jul-2017 12:29
So interesting! Nicely captured.
Raymond17-Jul-2017 12:05
I've never seen that before!
Kim17-Jul-2017 09:15
Fantastic "sculpture" Great catch! V
Irene Wehrli17-Jul-2017 09:15
This really looks like twisted fingers - what an interesting plant, Yvonne!
Irene
chris morton17-Jul-2017 09:04
what a fascinating plant
borisalex17-Jul-2017 08:59
Makes your day bright! Fascinating fruit and great shot! V
Zeeby17-Jul-2017 08:55
Awesome fruit, an excellent capture. V
Range View 17-Jul-2017 07:44
What an amazing fruit Von. Have never seen or heard of this.
Terrific image you captured.
David.
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