Turkish Plant id

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  1. Steve R

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    This is growing in the grounds of my Dad's apartment in Turkey, can you id it?

    He says it is over 20ft now.

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    Just a thought @Steve R but could be a Physic nut Plant - Jatropha curcus and is a relative of Euphorbia.. :scratch: Perhaps..:scratch: can’t be sure but they can grow up to 20’..
    Jatropha curcas, commonly called purging nut, Barbados nut or physic nut, is a dioecious small tree or large shrub that grows to 20' tall.
    Height: 15.00 to 20.00 feet
    Common Name: barbados nut
    Type: Tree
    Family: Euphorbiaceae
     
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      Thanks Marley, I'll mail that forward to my Dad with any other replies I get here. At least he can have the info on his tablet then stand next to it..well the first 6 foot at any rate..lol

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        I am not sure at all but sort of fits the bill to a point anyway tell him to have a google. :thumbsup:
         
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          My money goes to fig, Ficus Carica . In Turkish climate it could behave more like a tree than the more familiar shrubby form up here. Then again Marley's Jatropha curcas fits the bill very well... if the fruit are fig shaped, declare it a fig. :)
           
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          I'm out on a limb, but I think its a member of the mallow family.

          OK, just read the bit about it being 20ft.
          Are they flower buds or fruits, I'm guessing buds?
           
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          It could be of the Euphorbia family. I have Jatropha integerrima - Peregrina and Jatropha Podragrica.

          My initial thought was King's Candle, Mullien I think, but the leaves are wrong. Don't think it's a fig, they are trees here.


           
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          How long has it taken to get to 20ft?
          All the growth we are seeing appears to be new, ie. from the same year.
           
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            It is all this years growth, the apartments gardeners came early this year to "tidy up", this has grown since then.

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              Any chance of a picture of the flowers when they open?
               
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                I was thinking tree mallow? or similar.
                From the growth rate I'd think it was a biennial of some kind, forming low growth in year one then putting everything into flowering in year 2.
                 
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                I'll see if that can be arranged.

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                  Here is the latest photo, still growing and now in flower (crimson).

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                  And I have zoomed in a little for this next one.

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                  Unfortunately my Dad is laid up after a injury and confined to their upstairs apartment. So this is the best we have for now.

                  Steve...:)
                   
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                    Still a bit difficult on my phone to get a close up of the flowers.
                    Still going along with some kind of mallow or possibly hollyhock.
                     
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