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A user on my forum found this in his yard. He lives in Doncaster, North East UK. Any leads to an ID welcome.
2007-07-30 13:00:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
the calyx looks like it is in the eggplant family=solanaceae. go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/urtica/ and enter eggplant in search box
2007-07-30 13:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by glenn t 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If I were Linnaeus I'd go with, Solanum screwballii. If you want to see another screwy Solanum, look what I've got growing. http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x47/RScott-02/?action=view¤t=DSCN4080.jpg To get a sense of scale the large thorns are about 1" long. And yes, I do know the name of this one, S. pyrocanthus aka Porcupine Tomato and it is edible. RScott
2007-07-30 17:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
some kind of tomato? ive never seen anything quite like this, though. as the two previous answers suggest, id think it is in that family. /do you know if it is still growing? it would be interesting to see what the ripe fruit looks like. also the leaves. /some rare Andean species someone brought back to UK? //its not a bad answer, you moron; neither is curious orange's answer.
2007-07-30 16:33:33 · answer #3 · answered by deva 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The fruit resembles an aubergine (eggplant) or a persimmon, but this plant looks very strange to me!
2007-07-30 13:56:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
it looks like figs but i know its not
then wouldnt have asked this question
2007-07-30 20:23:29 · answer #5 · answered by baby elephant 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋