Question
Hi I live in Central Florida, as you may know we have all the great parks here like Animal Kingdom, Bush gardens, SeaWorld and so on, They have wonderfull trees there and I make a habbit of taking seed pods from the trees I like. I have planted these seeds and have been able to grow them BUT I have no Idea what they are. can anyone help me identify them. I've had #3 for 4 years and has not flowered someone mentioned it could be a Mimosa tree. see photo here http://www.espadaproductions.com/whatarethey.gif

thanks


Answer
Pedro,

#1 is pretty small for me to identify.  It looks like some sort of Legume as are all the others.

#2 appears to be some species of Cassia.  It would really help if I had a picture of some flowers.

#3 does look like a common Mimosa or Albizzia julibrisun.

#4 is some species of Acacia.  There are hundreds of species of acacias.  I'd have to have collection data to really pin down the species.

Hope this helps,

John