April 28, 2019

Location: Fellsmere, Rails to Trails

This is Tropical Soda Apple
It's fruit is eaten by cattle, hogs and deer.
They poop out the fruit, which contains hundreds of seeds,
And the plant can produce 50 thousand seeds in a year.

Sources: USDA National Invasive Species Information Center - Tropical Soda Apple

Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson