Unknown tree, "fruit"

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    Took a photo of this "fruit" in a large commercial garden, southern BC and wonder what it is? Thanks.
     

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    Looks like it! Thanks so much S.S.
     
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    It being a "commercial garden" the tree might have been planted as the supposedly large-fruited, suitable for human consumption Kousa cultivar 'Big Apple'. I grew one purchased as that selection here for years but got few, if any mature fruits - let alone big tasty ones. So I can't tell from your picture.
     
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    Thanks, Ron. We have definitely established it as a Kousa, anyway.
     
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    No doubt about it. The only similar one is C. capitata and its subforms (or related species, depending on interpretation). But those produce different leaves.
     
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