Plant ID?

Randall_Lee

Any idea what this big leaf (bigger than my hand) is? came up under a Loquat tree a few years ago. It got mowed down a couple of times but keep coming back, so I put it in a pot . It's now about 8' tall, no flowers so far just big ass leafs. Had to have came from bird poop!

feef706

The leaf looks like a tree of some sort

HeavyG

Sassafras?

blasting

Dry it and smoke some - what's the worst that could happen...

Sorry to be a smart as$.  I have no other useful knowledge to add.

RRP

HeavyG said:

Sassafras?

Maybe some relative, but the leafs on the sassafras that we have around here look like these:

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Sassafras7.jpg&imgrefurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassafras&h=800&w=600&tbnid=PF3HqIRHz-exVM:&tbnh=186&tbnw=139&docid=W-I_yyWEetI6fM&itg=1&usg=__Tluh3Vp8v3ubm1hNs_EDGVI_pCw=#h=800&imgdii=PF3HqIRHz-exVM:;PF3HqIRHz-exVM:;3BdJSfhit-Tb2M:&tbnh=186&tbnw=139&w=600

Legume

I've seen fruitless mulberry's that look similar.

Randall_Lee

Heave not Sass got that growing in the yard.
Blasting; was a teenager in the mid-late sixties, VN vet from early 70's don't think it will smoke good!!!

F3DAWG

it appears to be a mulberry

RRP

F3DAWG said:

it appears to be a mulberry

Could be!!!
http://www.justfruitsandexotics.com/JFE/product/edible-leaf-mulberry-tree/

Now if the OP is really smart he/she will get out and poison that sucker once and for all! A Mulberry is one of the worst trash trees Mother Nature threw at us!

Wolfpack

Or a fig tree


http://www.getserialkey.com/FigLeaf.html

Randall_Lee

Thanks White Mulberry looks like a winner. Hit everyone I know up with no idea, were at the bottom of its growing region.

RRP

Randall_Lee said:

Thanks White Mulberry looks like a winner. Hit everyone I know up with no idea, were at the bottom of its growing region.

honest - I would eradicate that trash tree once and for all!

HeavyG

I didn't zoom in on the photo originally. Now that I did I'm thinking it may well be a mulberry. Sassafras leaf edges tend to be smooth unlike mulberry which has jagged or toothy edges.

One quick test is to break off a twig and give it a chew. If it tastes like root beer it is sassafras. If not it is likely mulberry.

GATraveller

Was there a monkey chasing a weasel nearby?  (sorry)

Yes.....I believe Mulberry is the winner.

Fred19Flintstone

My yard is lousy with mulberry.   That looks like it.

RRP

Fred19Flintstone said:

My yard is lousy with mulberry.   That looks like it.

So let me guess...you also have purple lawn furniture on a purple patio and matching purple lawn ornaments! 

Fred19Flintstone

RRP said:no

Fred19Flintstone said:

My yard is lousy with mulberry.   That looks like it.

So let me guess...you also have purple lawn furniture on a purple patio and matching purple lawn ornaments! 

And purple polka dots on my cars.  Yeah, the whole 9 yards.

YukonRon

Mulberry