A Chaste Tree is not a Handkerchief Tree,
and certainly not a Judas Tree
(whose pods should not be confused
with those of the Carob Locust Tree, which are edible).
I have planted (at different times, in different places)
all three. Two of them grew well.
A Joshua Tree is a kind of Yucca,
and the various kinds of Benjamin Tree produce Benzoin.
There is just one Moses Tree, a very ancient Plane
(Platanus) in southern Turkey
said to have grown from the prophet's staff or cane.
Thursday 20 January 2022
Mutterings of a dendrophile.
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Chaste tree : Vitex agnus-castis, whose leaves and berries suppress sexual desire, was grown in mediæval monastery gardens along with staple herbs such as rue, sage, wormwood, rosemary etc.
Handkerchief tree : Davidia involucrata.
Judas tree : Cercis siliquastrum whose flowers are beautiful blue pendulous racemes.
Joshua tree : Yucca brevifolia
Carob or Locust tree : Ceratonia siliqua
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