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    What is this fruit in my pasture

    Found a couple of vines in our pasture in NE Coleman county with these bright red fruit growing. It almost resembles a tomato in its texture, and growing on a vine, but it’s a brighter red. 30 years on this place and I’ve never seen these growing here

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    This interesting little vine is from the Cucurbitaceae family (Cucumber). Botanically it is Ibervillea lindheimeri which is commonly known as Lindheimer’s globeberry, Balsam gourd, Globe berry, Snake apple.​

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      #3
      looks like snake apple

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        #4
        Balsom gourd?

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          Originally posted by E-7 View Post
          This interesting little vine is from the Cucurbitaceae family (Cucumber). Botanically it is Ibervillea lindheimeri which is commonly known as Lindheimer’s globeberry, Balsam gourd, Globe berry, Snake apple.​
          Sounds familiar.
          Help! What Is This Red Fruit Vine From Fort Worth?
          https://www.flowershopnetwork.com/blog/vine-fort-worth/
          Ask the Expert: What is this vine? I live in the Fort Worth TX area in the country. For the past 3 summers this vine has been growing along the fence near my entrance gate. It has been so dry here this year the leaves are yellow and turning brown instead of green as in previous years. But you can easily see the shape in these pics. And the fruit of course. It withers and dies before August. Each "fruit" contains many I-2mm seeds. Any idea what this is? -Ginny Flower Shop Network Plant Expert Reply: Ginny, This interesting little vine is from the Cucurbitaceae family (Cucumber). Botanically it is Ibervillea lindheimeri which is commonly known as Lindheimer's globeberry, Balsam gourd, Globe berry, Snake apple. As you know, this vine can grow any where from 6 to 10ft in height. It produces ½" wide, creamy-yellow tubular flowers with a 5 spreading lobes between April and September. The leaves of this plant also have a appearance of 5 lobes and it develops 1" [...]

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            #6
            Originally posted by Texas Grown View Post

            Sounds familiar.
            https://www.flowershopnetwork.com/blog/vine-fort-worth/
            Yep, that’s precisely where it came from.

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