Upoffmebum

By Upoffmebum

Mighty Buds #2

The curry leaf tree develops clusters of small white flowers at the tips of the branches. They're certainly nice enough, I guess - but who needs them when you have lovely little buds like these?
The fronds themselves are quite elegant and attractive - they look a bit like ferns - with fine, pinky-brown 'backbones' contrasting with the bright green leaves. When crushed, the leaves give off a strong, pungent aroma; and when added to a curry dish, they enhance the taste and intensify the flavour.
(Note to Self: Try to learn the correct names of plants' various bibs and bobs, and even their botanical functions. Might help with describing them more clearly, and accurately.)
But the scattered gatherings of buds really look like they're the business end of the tree, presumably responsible for growth and vitality. (See Note to Self above.) If they're not, they ought to be.
Listened to my own advice, and found that the buds are in fact the tree's berries, seen here in their bright green early-growth stage, before they double or triple their size as mature dark blue-black berries. Each berry contains one or two seeds, which birds spread nearby by eating the fruit.
Think we might be spoiling the local birdlife with other offerings of fruits, vegetables and flowers, because over the 5 years since our curry leaf tree was planted, there's been absolutely no sign of another one growing nearby.

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