Thanks Dr. Usha, yes as per books it is edible, though have not tried it yet ! Fruit is manily eaten and seeds widely distributed by Green pigeon.
regards, Rashida. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Usha Desai <[email protected]> wrote: > Rashidaji,nice pictures. > are these fruiits edible? > love Usha > > > On 12 March 2011 19:47, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Bridelia retusa (L.) A. Juss* - now under Phyllanthaceae as per Kew >> Plant list. These pictures were taken by me at Matheran, Mah. in October >> 2011. >> >> A small or moderate sized deciduous tree, spinous, bark grey. Leaves are >> coriaceous, elliptic- oblong, obtuse, sub-acute or rounded at the apex, with >> entire or slightly crenulate margins, bright green and glabrous above ( >> turning pinkish -brown before falling) galucous and usually finely tomentose >> beneath, base usually rounded (rarely cordate); main nerves prominent, >> straight, 15-25 pairs, with finely reticulate venation inbetween. >> >> Drupes as can be seen in the pictures change colour from greenish to >> yellowish red and finally turn purple -black. edible. The drupes are >> seated on a persistent slightly enlarged calyx 8 mm in diameter. >> >> There are several syonyms as per Kew Plant List as follows: >> >> Andrachne doonkyboisca B.Heyne ex Wall. [Invalid] >> Bridelia airy-shawii P.T.Li <http://p.t.li/> [Illegitimate] >> Bridelia amoena Wall. ex Baill. >> Bridelia cambodiana Gagnep. >> Bridelia chineensis Thin >> Bridelia cinerascens Gehrm. >> Bridelia crenulata Roxb. >> Bridelia fordii Hemsl. >> Bridelia fruticosa Pers. >> Bridelia hamiltoniana var. glabra Müll.Arg. >> Bridelia pierrei Gagnep. >> Bridelia retusa (L.) Spreng. >> Bridelia retusa var. glabra Gehrm. >> Bridelia retusa var. glauca Hook.f. >> Bridelia retusa var. pubescens Gehrm. >> Bridelia retusa var. roxburghiana Müll.Arg. [Illegitimate] >> Bridelia retusa var. squamosa (Lam.) Müll.Arg. >> Bridelia retusa var. stipulata Gehrm. >> Bridelia roxburghiana (Müll.Arg.) Gehrm. >> Bridelia spinosa (Roxb.) Willd. >> Bridelia squamosa (Lam.) Gehrm. >> Bridelia squamosa var. meeboldii Gehrm. >> Clutia retusa L. >> Clutia spinosa Roxb. >> Clutia squamosa Lam. >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> >> >> > >
