# Id this fruit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-fruit/706971>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 11, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-fruit/706971 "2014-12-11T19:47:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-fruit/706971/1 "2014-12-11T19:47:44Z")

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Central South Carolina, in a flood plain. Almost solid black, somewhat resembling an olive, but the seed takes up pretty much the entire contents, so there’s no real ‘flesh.’

[Intact fruit](http://s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/media/pic1_zps688e6d92.jpg.html)  
[Split open with seed](http://s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/media/pic2_zps0a6f196a.jpg.html) (Seed at top)

I’m going on faith that it’s native, and not something something planted by a prankster.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-fruit/706971/2 "2014-12-11T19:52:52Z")

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Maybe Russian Olive?

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-fruit/706971/3 "2014-12-11T19:55:32Z")

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Yes, dis id fruit.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-fruit/706971/4 "2014-12-11T20:15:33Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> Maybe Russian Olive?

Thank you.

> [@bup](#):
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> Yes, dis id fruit.

Nicely played, sir!

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**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-fruit/706971/5 "2014-12-13T19:24:49Z")

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It looks like some kind of…ruler