# Id this tree? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 28, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183 "2014-04-28T13:17:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/1 "2014-04-28T13:17:27Z")
[Actually, a sapling.](http://s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/media/treeleaf_zps5d499fb5.jpg.html#/user/badger60/media/treeleaf_zps5d499fb5.jpg.html?&_suid=139869098338007439513108101796) Central South Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/2 "2014-04-28T14:53:19Z")
Leaf looks dogwood-y to me. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/3 "2014-04-28T15:45:00Z")
It might be kudzu. There is a picture in Google Images that looks like kudzu. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/4 "2014-04-28T15:45:51Z")
Must…resist…Python…reference… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/5 "2014-04-28T15:59:44Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > It might be kudzu. There is a picture in Google Images that looks like kudzu. Not viney enough for kudzu. ---
**Author:** ![newme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e0b2c6/32.png) [@newme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newme)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/6 "2014-04-28T16:08:32Z")
[Chinese tallow](http://islandeyenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/TallowFoliageSummer2.jpg)? If you break a leaf and it has a milky white sap, that is pretty definitive. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/7 "2014-04-28T17:04:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Not viney enough for kudzu. Said the distinguished gentleman from WESTERN PA. 😃 (Do you folks have the kudzu, yet? It’s coming for all of us, y’know. :eek:) ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/8 "2014-04-28T17:25:45Z")
Looks like a lilac bush to me. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/9 "2014-04-28T20:09:33Z")
Wow. I say Chinese tallow for the win, probably. BTW, kudzu has triple leaflets, much resembling giant, house eating poison ivy. Or pole beans, take your pick. ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/10 "2014-04-28T20:50:10Z")
Chinese tallow, aka popcorn tree, and when the fruit appears you will know how it got that name. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/11 "2014-04-28T20:54:12Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Must…resist…Python…reference… Me too, I feel like any second the reference will just larch from my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Mielikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Mielikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mielikki)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/12 "2014-04-28T21:06:41Z")
Yeah, China tallow. Invasive, but gets the most beautiful gold and red leaves in the fall if you get a cold snap. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/13 "2014-04-28T22:03:57Z")
Thanks, all. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tree/687183/14 "2014-04-28T23:07:29Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Said the distinguished gentleman from WESTERN PA. 😃 (Do you folks have the kudzu, yet? It’s coming for all of us, y’know. :eek:) Never seen it other than pictures. But I’ve heard about it and I believe it figured in a horror short story I read?