Thanks for sharing. I have observed F.indica in Pune. This is new to me. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 9:24 PM, N Arun Kumar Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> Family: Flacourtiaceae > Mountain Sweet Thorn is a tree up to 8 m tall, endemic to the Western > Ghats. Trunk is branched and possesses simple thorns. Bark is brownish, > smooth, blaze cream. Alternately arranged leaves are narrow elliptic- > oblong, with stalks 0.4-0.9 cm long. Leaves are velvety, 7-18 cm long, 4-8 > cm wide, with a tapering tip, wedge-shaped base, and toothed margin. > Flowers are small, yellowish, spherical hairy balls. Male and and female > flowers on separate trees, borne in cymes in leaf axils. Berry is red when > ripe, round and fleshy, 1-seeded. > source:FlowersofIndia. > photographed in Chalakudy, Kerala > I came across this Interesting fruit in Chalakudy where it is called > 'lubika'. they are edible with a strikingly similar Gooseberry taste! > -- Dr Satish Phadke
