Balsam Apple found a garden of azaleas to shroud

Balsam Apple pod and seeds. A shop at Monticello sells the seeds. 

If you buy some, don't scatter them in Florida.

A neighbor called to say that a vine has almost entirely covered the azalea under the southern live oak. I decided to check it out.

It's Balsam Apple, a creeping and climbing invasive to central Florida vine though native to Asia, Australia, and Africa. Balsam Apple was introduced to Europe in the late 1500s to medicinally treat wounds.

It has a gorgeous orange pod with red seeds that look a lot like the carrotwood tree seed. 

I found and pulled two mature ground roots that fed the green, tendrilled-covering, and then filled a huge bin with every bit of it. Websites say to wash thoroughly afterward, some get rashes handling it.