Welcome Ganesh ji, to eFI group! The plant looks like Capparis decidua http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capparis_decidua Thanks for the description and other information.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Ganesh Dhamodkar < ganesh.dhamod...@gmail.com> 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 at Manegaon, > 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? >
