Excuse me....while we're on the subject of plants:

We had a tree in our back garden/yard about 20 feet tall with 'pinnate' leaves, and a normal type of woody bark, but out of the trunk grew lots of what looked like miniature cucumbers (about 2-3" in length).
They were quite sour to taste.

I used to slice them up and add them to my curries.

I don't think they were poisonous.

Can someone tell me what they were please ?