Hi Dr. Neil, I think those hairy globose structures are infected (gall) fruits. Not sure though...
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply from Pravin Kawale ji: > "Hi, > Pl.Check for > Coculus hirsutus > Common name: Ink Berry" > > On 12 December 2012 14:33, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: greenearth <[email protected]> >> Date: 6 December 2012 15:18 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:139976] Slender twiner w purple juicy fruit-- Pls >> ID GE-6Dec2012-1 >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Hello Friends, >> >> - Location : outskirts of bangalore >> - Rampant, slender twiner, growing in the wild over medium shrubs in >> dry wasteland >> - leaves small, , alternate, very hairy on undersides, somewhat on >> upper surfaces. >> - Fruiting in November, fruit a laterally flattened spheroid, about >> 8 or 9 mm on longer side, no "flower" seen. Mature fruit black, full of >> purple juice >> >> Please help me to know: >> ? Is that the forming fruit, the objects covered with very hairy >> sepals(?)? >> ? What plant is this ? >> >> Thanks in advance for all responses. >> >> A.Sinha >> >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ITQAEK_oiUE/UMBowPutfYI/AAAAAAAAAQM/APw8ds5-208/s1600/Stw-Fr2.jpg><https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0YsLrTxlIv8/UMBoTJNM8ZI/AAAAAAAAAQE/WEpNhdqdJSI/s1600/Stw-Fr1.jpg> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2015 members & >> 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2015 members & > 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > --
