Hello Sunjoy ji this plant is Cayratia trifolia (L.) Domin. Common names: Fox-grape, Ambat vel, Tamanya, Amalbel, Ramchana. it is tendrllar climber.
one more thing even Leea indica has such fruits. regards Satish Pardeshi On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Sunjoy Monga <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you very much. > However, am here attaching a picture of some dark berries on a small bush i > photographed on 11th Oct near Naigon, north of Mumbai. This was c. 400 mt > from mangroves and on the margins of salt pans. > Is this Salvadora? > > If so then could it be the same berry that the bulbul was feeding its > nestlings? > > Cheers -- Sunjoy Monga > 2009/10/23 Pardeshi S. <[email protected]> >> >> the waxy covering on fruit points towards the two species suggested by >> Vijaysankar ji. >> Salvadora fruit becomes black on ripening but dnt has waxy covering. >> Ampelocissus latifolia (wild grapes) can also thaught of, which is >> common during this time. >> another fruit i was thinking was of Carrisa congesta ie. Karvanada. >> but i hav observed it fruiting only during summer. >> >> regards >> Satish Pardeshi >> Consultant Taxonomist >> CDAC, Pune. >> >> >> Vijayasankar Raman wrote: >> > Dear Sunjoy ji, >> > Excellent observations! Thanx for sharing. >> > >> > I can only guess about the id of the fruits (size?). For me it appears >> > to be >> > a species of Cissus (grape family). I have attached pictures of *Cissus >> > vitigenia* and *Phyllanthus reticulatus* for comparison. [sorry for >> > attaching two diff. spp in one mail, this is just to compare]. >> > >> > In Salvadora persica i have seen only pink and white fruits. >> > >> > -- >> > With regards >> > >> > R. Vijayasankar >> > FRLHT, Bangalore >> >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
