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What is This Plant?

What is this plant? I found it in the woods by my house. Dose anyone have an idea?

Aliesha

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Large thorny, leafy green plant with green and lighter green balls.
 

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November 4, 20150 found this helpful
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I believe it is solanum virus, also known as tropical soda apple. It is part of the nightshade family and is considered an invasive species.

www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/.../tropicalsoda.shtml

 

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November 19, 20080 found this helpful

It looks like nightshade.

 

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November 20, 20080 found this helpful

I am not sure what it is but I just looked up night shade and some varieties are poisonous. Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, etc. are also considered night shades.

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Personally, I would ask a professional gardener who would know what those berries are to find out for sure.

 
November 20, 20080 found this helpful

looks like a bottle gourd

 
 
November 21, 20080 found this helpful

Here are some other images of the plant.

Its leaves and stems have huge thorns.

 
 
By ginai (Guest Post)
November 21, 20080 found this helpful

This is Thai Eggplant! They are wonderful!

 
By Michelle Miller (Guest Post)
November 22, 20080 found this helpful

Have you opened one up? We have something that looks incredibly similar and it is airy with little furry soft pokey things in the middle. I think it came from one of our trees?

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It wasn't near any shrubs, but then maybe a squirrel dropped it or the wind took it. No idea what it is though. :/

 
November 23, 20080 found this helpful

Looks like some type of gourd

 
November 25, 20080 found this helpful

Oh my gosh. I had this dreadful plant in 4 places on my property which at one time was a dairy farm. I dug half way to China thinking NOW I surely have it all and it won't come back. Wrong! The thorns are horrid and even the leaves seem to have little prickles on them. The striped green berry looking things it produces stay round (reminds me of a round striped watermelon). They never get any larger than a blueberry in size and they stay hard.

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The plant grows like a bush, coming out of the ground it one stalk but then branching off into numerous stems. The branches don't get bark, they stay green and quite flexible. I wish someone would come up with the name for this devil-vine. I've now moved and fortunately my new yard doesn't have the thing. It seems invincible!

 
November 26, 20080 found this helpful

Actually, I have not tried to open one yet. I will have to try after the holiday.

 
December 4, 20080 found this helpful

The inside is spongy,white, with little brown seeds the resemble a flax seed.

 
April 30, 20200 found this helpful

deadly night shade, is what my Grandma called it.

 

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