Gurcharan ji, S. aculeatissimum looks very different, espl. the stems densely clothed with purple spines. ( http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/image-display.php?species_id=150580&image_id=3)
As you know, S. capsicoides has deep orange (ripe) fruits, whereas, all our plants bear similar yellow fruits. http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Solanum_aculeatissimum.htm. Let's keep exploring... Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Vijayasankar ji > Your plant looks much different from S. viarum uploaded by me and by > Prashant ji. Yours has much longer prickles and importantly more greener and > less hairy leaves. Could we consider S. capsicoides (incl. aculeatissimum > which has pale yellow fruits). > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired 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 Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Solanum viarum. >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> > > >
