Seedling Identification

OhioGardener 4/18/2024, 6:39 pm

Can anyone identify what type of seed and/or seedling this is? This seed sprouted in some compost that was made mostly from juice bar pulp, so I assume it must be some type of fruit, maybe a tropical fruit of some kind. But, I am curious what it might be.

markqz 4/18/2024, 11:14 pm

Did you know that you can use Google and/or Bing to search for images as well as text?

I fed one of your pictures into each of those. This one was pretty close:

Maybe citrus?

Having a citrus seed in there would make a lot of sense.

The second possibility would be some type of legume. The only legume that might reasonably be in a fruit bar drink is a peanut. But where would they have gotten unroasted peanuts?

This is the image of legumes (called ground nuts, but I think that's another name for peanuts)

Ground nuts

You can try the searches yourself and see if anything looks more likely to you.

SMEDLEY BUTLER 4/21/2024, 12:47 am

Just out of curiosity, I would replant it into a container and just see what it looks like as it grows. You never know what it may become. I've done it a bunch of times and it's always something that you're not expecting. At least it has been for me.

AuntieBeth 4/21/2024, 8:00 am

The leaves remind me of a prunus family plant sprouting. So peach? Cherry? Plum? They have a dark seed coat like that and it obviously must have had to escape its seed shell. I would try to grow it just out of curiosity and identify it later with Picture This or another good plant ID app.

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