Guess the species???

[Sam Thompson]

Firewood

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

........

 

 

ooooh thats throwing down a guntlet! me likey!

[Neil Frost]

fagus latifolia

[RobArb]

steve could be right with the cucumber tree (Magnolia acuminata)

 

bit i'll also throw in the Oriental Beech (Fagus orientalis)

 

but without more picturtes its hard to tell 100%

[Graham]

Magnolia delavayi or macrophylla?

[jaime bray]

Nothofagus

[Ben Lad]

so what was it dear chap?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

cucumber tree is a pretty good one, ive only one in my zone, cant think how bg the leaf is.

[skyhuck]

Cucumbers grow on trees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Who knew!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[janey]

You'll be saying next that you didn't know about strawberry trees?!

 

The leaf looks the right kinda size and shape for a couple of magnolia species, but it doesn't look like it's got the right "texture" to me though.