Can someone tell me what this is?

No idea here but welcome aboard!
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Got me excited - but when I compared the hi-res photos I have, the leaves are rally quite different then the chionanthus virginicus - the purple berries look right, but that's about the only thing - the tree I have here doesn't have any of those 'thread-like' flowering and the bark is entirely different. This tree has a curling, peeling dark brown bark on the branches - very cool looking - thanks for the suggestion though
 
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Just pruned one yesterday. The first one is chionanthus; chinese fringetree. Bam. Looks sheared too, shame.

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Chionanthus retusus to be accurate. ;-)
 
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chionanthus virginicus - the purple berries look right, but that's about the only thing - the tree I have here doesn't have any of those 'thread-like' flowering and the bark is entirely different. This tree has a curling, peeling dark brown bark on the branches

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Another possibility is a Gumbo Limbo tree (Bursera simaruba) which has the peeling bark hence the common name 'tourist tree'.
The leaves, bark and fruit shape all fit, but not the fruit color ... but maybe that's just a different variety???

The torchwood family is huge - maybe 600 species with 15 genera - so maybe search in that direction.




-Diane
 
I actually looked a little deeper into Bursera and the purple drupe does open to reveal a single, three-angled seed covered by an orange-red aril.


So I'm pretty sure you have B. simaruba.
Although, in your photos, it obviously has been kept from forming its natural open-branch shape and size.
So sad because it's a lovely tree.
And it wouldn't mind the especially high summer temperatures of a trailer park setting.


-Diane
 
I probably should have taken a close-up of the foliage - the only thing that looks considerably different is the trunk bark - but it's very close
 
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