Hello all this plant is Solanum pseudocapsicum L. Sp. Pl. 184, 1753; Almeida, Fl. Mah. 3: 377, 2001. Common names: Winter cherry, Jerusalem cherry. Origin: Native of Madeira-Portugal. quiet common in Mumbai as garden weed.
One interesting thing i observed that when it is flowering the flowers are below the leaves, facing downwards ie to the ground, and when it is fruiting the fruits orient themselves and comes above the leaves (in erect position). the fruit color varies from orange to yellow, red. regards Satish Pardeshi On Aug 5, 9:57 am, "Gurcharan Singh-sify" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think we will wait before final confirmation. I won't go with S. nigrum > because plant is shrub, leaves are totally entire, clearly narrowed towards > base. Solanum nigrum is very common in our area, flowers may be yellow, red > or purple when ripe. Although I had first confused this shrub with Solanum > nigrum on the basis of rhipidium and flower size, I am now more sure that it > is some other species. > > Gurcharan Singh > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: geeta arun > To: Pravin Kawale > > Cc: Gurcharan Singh-sify ; [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:32 PM > Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:15232] Re: Request for ID > > Thanks Pravin, Rohit & Gurcharan Singh. > I think it is Solanum Nigrum. > Ref- The flora of The Presidency of Bombay. Vol 2-page263. Berries may be > turning purplish-black when ripe. > Regards, > Geeta Samant > > On 8/4/09, Pravin Kawale <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > It's fruits turns yellow > when rippen > Thanks > > On 8/4/09, Gurcharan Singh-sify <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have also photographed this plant from Delhi. This reminds me of > Solanum > > nigrum (which it can't be because of slightly different leaves and > being a > > shrub). Being shrubby it could be nearer Solanum pseudocapsicum, but > number > > flowers in a cluster are 2-4. Also I have yet to see ripe fruits which > are > > red like cherry in S. pseudocapsicum. > > > Gurcharan Singh > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: geeta arun > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 8:57 PM > > Subject: [indiantreepix:15213] Request for ID > > > Requesting fo ID of a shrub from Maharashtra Nature Park-Mumbai. > > Geeta Samant. > > Mumbai > > -- > Pravin- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
