Nudrat ji It should be tree tomato or Tamarillo Solanum betaceum Cav. (syn: Cyphomandra betacea Sendt.).
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Nudrat Sayed <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > This is a plant that i saw growing at Dharamshala. It is a Solanaceae > plant and as can be seen in the picture is about 6-7 feet in height. > The leaves are about 10 inches in length and about 6 inches in > breadth. The flowers are about 1.5 - 2 cms across. The fruits look > like brinjaal and turn blackish when ripe. The locals call it Japanese > Tomato and make chatni out of it. The fruits are sour when ripe. I am > sure its some introduced variety. Plz help with its identification. > > Thanks in advance > -- > Regards > Dr. Sayed Nudrat Zawar > Senior Conservation Officer > Conservation Action Trust Mumbai > > -- > > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
