http://thisonething.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/29/lwg_annuals_madagascar_periwinkle1.jpg Spot on guys ! In France we have Vinca...
Seeds black, maybe 2 mm long [ATTACH] Whole plant (as I saw it) maybe 16" tall, none of the individuals I saw had branching stems. Any...
Thank you both ! Yes with those red stems . . . Matt
Lovely soft looking shrub, but what is it ? [ATTACH] Any ideas appreciated ! Best wishes, Matt
I'm fairly sure it is introduced - looks like some pictures of Solanum aculeatissimum, maybe it will be easier to wait for flowers :)
Yes, it certainly looks a little like Solanum carolinense, Solanum linnaeanum, or Solanum sanitwongse . . . I don't have a picture of the flower...
Solanaceae, round red fruit roughly an inch in diameter (skin not smooth/shiny), lightly pubescent to spiny all over (except fruit) spines on main...
Not M. magnifica as one has small bracts and the other has tiny bracts, the plant with tiny bracts is smaller all over. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Thanks everyone, the Philippines have loads of fascinating indigenous plants but almost all the plants I can't recognise seem to have been...
The fruit is made of many large seeds (each pointy bit) a little like a pine cone, or more like corn on the cob. Nice and useful plant ! Matt
2nd photo, with small blue-green pinnate leaves is almost certainly Moringa oleifera "Horseradish Tree", the leaves, flowers, young fruit can be...
