Turkish Plant id

This is growing in the grounds of my Dad's apartment in Turkey, can you id it?

He says it is over 20ft now.







Steve...

 

Thanks Marley, I'll mail that forward to my Dad with any other replies I get here. At least he can have the info on his tablet then stand next to it..well the first 6 foot at any rate..lol

Steve...

 

My money goes to fig, Ficus Carica . In Turkish climate it could behave more like a tree than the more familiar shrubby form up here. Then again Marley's Jatropha curcas fits the bill very well... if the fruit are fig shaped, declare it a fig.

 

I'm out on a limb, but I think its a member of the mallow family.

OK, just read the bit about it being 20ft.
Are they flower buds or fruits, I'm guessing buds?

 

It could be of the Euphorbia family. I have Jatropha integerrima - Peregrina and Jatropha Podragrica.

My initial thought was King's Candle, Mullien I think, but the leaves are wrong. Don't think it's a fig, they are trees here.

 

How long has it taken to get to 20ft?
All the growth we are seeing appears to be new, ie. from the same year.

 

It is all this years growth, the apartments gardeners came early this year to "tidy up", this has grown since then.

Steve...

 

Any chance of a picture of the flowers when they open?

 

So, it's not a Jatropha or Ficus but some kind of an annual wildflower. Perhaps the wild Hollyhock, a Mallow as Pete suggests ...

Turkish Wild Hollyhock Seeds - Perennial Flower Seeds

 

I was thinking tree mallow? or similar.
From the growth rate I'd think it was a biennial of some kind, forming low growth in year one then putting everything into flowering in year 2.

 

I'll see if that can be arranged.

Steve...

 

Here is the latest photo, still growing and now in flower (crimson).



And I have zoomed in a little for this next one.



Unfortunately my Dad is laid up after a injury and confined to their upstairs apartment. So this is the best we have for now.

Steve...

 

Still a bit difficult on my phone to get a close up of the flowers.
Still going along with some kind of mallow or possibly hollyhock.