Thank all of you for your quick responses. I am quite *relieved* to know this is a common plant and found over a vast habitat from Africa to Rajasthan. The area where I took these pictures would be under dam water forever in a few years. Sorry, I am late to reply. I use cellphone to surf a lot of time, it's almost impossible to reply with it. Hope you understand!
On Friday, 20 April 2012 21:55:40 UTC+5:30, Satish Phadke wrote: > > This is *Capparis decidua/Capparis aphylla.* > As the name suggests you will not find leaves. > Local Marathi name : Nepti > BTW > May I request you not to use the simple subject line <Request > Identification> > Instead please use line like Plant for ID 20/04/2012 GD1 etc which is your > initials and date. With common subject line the threads get mixed up. > (Posting guidelines) > Moderator > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Ganesh Dhamodkar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am very happy to find this group on net. My main objective to learn >> more than to tell something new. I have been trying to identify this shrub >> for a long while. It used to be in abundance near my native place >> atManegaon, Dist: Buldhana<http://g.co/maps/a9zw5>, >> Maharashtra. I have not seen this plant somewhere else. >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kTYK1akIV88/T5GHeGcMI4I/AAAAAAAABHI/A-oEv3yfW7U/s1600/Identify1.jpg> >> >> >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qu1r5tGc_k8/T5GHVluFtAI/AAAAAAAABG0/KlhP78OB1as/s1600/Closeup.jpg> >> This plant does not have leaves. It is all sticks. The photos are taken >> in flowering season, May 2011. The fruits are berry-like and contain many >> seeds. I've heard people make pickle of the fruits, but never seen someone >> actually making it (local people don't make pickle). Fruits turn pinkish >> after ripening. The taste somewhat "tikha" plus sweet. Can someone >> identify this? Is any additional information needed? >> > > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
