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Another variety, M. ioensis var. texana, or the Texas crabapple, is found only in a small region of central Texas. [3] The Iowa crab can grow up to 10 meters (35 feet) in height. It bears white or pink flowers in the summer and small apple-like berries in the fall. [4] Various wildlife consume the fruit. [5]
Mammillaria prolifera, commonly known as the Texas or West Indian nipple-cactus, grape cactus, or hair-covered cactus, is a species of cactus native to North America. Three subspecies are currently recognized: M. prolifera subsp. prolifera (Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Haiti), M. prolifera subsp. arachnoidea (Mexico), and M. prolifera subsp. texana (Mexico and the United States).
It is native to southern and western Texas in the United States [2] as well as much of Mexico. [1] The seeds and leaves of this plant contain the quinones eleutherin and 7-methoxyeleutherin [3] and chrysophanol and β-amyrin in the fruits [4] that are toxic to humans and livestock. [5] The toxins typically induce paralysis, which is often ...
State Food type Food name Image Year & citation Alabama: State cookie Yellowhammer cookie: 2023 [1]: State nut: Pecan: 1982 [2]: State fruit: Blackberry: 2004 [3]: State tree fruit
The seeds, leaves, bark, ripe, and unripe fruit of the persimmon. Diospyros texana is a multi-trunked small tree or large shrub [2] with a lifespan of 30 to 50 years. [4] It usually grows to 3 m (9.8 ft) in height, but can reach 12 m (39 ft) on good sites. [5]
Crataegus texana, the Texas hawthorn, is a member of the family Rosaceae. Typically, it is found in the form of a small tree or a large shrub and blooms in early spring, usually in the months of March and April. [2] Flowers of the Texas Hawthorn are white and usually produce small, one-inch, scarlet fruits that are said to resemble tiny red apples.
Prunus texana, called peachbush, Texas almond cherry, Texas peachbush, sand plum, peach bush, duraznillo and wild peach [3] [4] is native to central and western Texas. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Although it looks like peach, it actually belongs to Prunus sect. Prunocerasus together with other North American plum species.
The fruit is, in botanical terms, a berry up to 3.5 by 4.5 cm (1.4 by 1.8 in), white, pink or red and with a shiny appearance that gives rise to the common name "porcelain fruit". [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] They may or may not contain seeds, which are about 7 mm (0.28 in) long.