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Plants
Indiana's tropical fruit: drooping leaves and custard-flavoured fruit in bottomlands.
Field facts
HabitatRich bottomland thickets, ravine floors
RangeStatewide, dense in the south
When to lookMaroon flowers April; fruit late August to September
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesUmbrella Magnolia — rare
Field note: Its only caterpillar is the zebra swallowtail.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Take a fruit or two at most where collecting is allowed; wildlife depend on the crop.
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