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Hmm both of those look plausible to me. Do you have any experience eating them? It says they're edible.
I don't remember seeing the fruit, but definitely would like to try it.
Yea, it's in a botanical garden, so I assume it was intentionally planted.
I've explored the various suggestions and although I haven't found any pictures that look 1 million % exact, I think it is a crepe myrtle.
I don't think it's Usnea because this stuff grows on the ground, not on tree branches like wiki says.
These were wild, in the Peruvian desert.
Yea I know. I wasn't planning on IDing it when I took the picture.