Good description and nice pictures! Yes, it is Scutia myrtina.
Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 6:30 AM, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like *Scutia myrtina* > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Nadeem Waqif <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Kindly identify this thorny bush with blue edible fruits photographed an >> the Arunachala Reserve Forest, Tiruvannamalei, Tamil Nadu in September 2014. >> >> No flowers at this time and so no pictures. A local name in Tamil told to >> me was *sodali *or* sothali*. The bush was about 2 metres tall with >> small red-tipped curved spines*. *The 8-10 mm diameter blue drupes had a >> white powdery sweet pulp. Circular leaves about 2 cm wide. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
