Thanks Yazdy ji for such a detailed description.Who says you are not an expert? At least I won't believe.
My key takes me to Solanum anguivi -- 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 Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh Ji, > It is a woody shrub. The height varies from 2' to around 3.5'. The > flowers are in clusters. The fruits in clusters is evidence of that. > Prickles are present both on the stem as well as on the leaves. The > prickles are small ranging from 3 mm in length to around 8 mm in > length, they are thin and very sharp. Towards the tip of the tender > shoot, the prickles are small and dense, however along the rest of the > stem, they are between 18 mm apart to around 30 mm apart. Flowers > definitely occur in clusters, however there are a few flowers that > stand out in singles and twos. > Regards. > Yazdy. > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Perhaps a few things Yazdy ji > > Is it a herbaceous plant or woody shrub, and its height? > > Are there any prickles on stem and/or leaves? (I can see one or two in > > second and last photograph) > > Flowers occur singly or in clusters (of how many in majority of cases?), > I > > can see the fruits in last but one photograph many in number on one > stalk. > > > > -- > > 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 Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Dear Friends, this is a small plant with small purple flowers around 8 > >> mm in diameter, the fruit when mature is around 7 mm in diameter, > >> green in the beginning, orange colour when ripe and black when dried > >> up. > >> Could someone identify it please? > >> Regards > >> Yazdy. > >> > >> You have been sent 6 pictures. > >> > >> > >> IMG_4789.JPG > >> IMG_4790.JPG > >> IMG_4791.JPG > >> IMG_4804.JPG > >> IMG_4805.JPG > >> IMG_4806.JPG > >> > >> These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. > >> Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ > > > > > > > > >
