Question: Great website, really love what you have got going on here, Could you please identify the attached plant pictures of …
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Great website, really love what you have got going on here, Could you please identify the attached plant pictures of fruit and leaves and confirm if the species is Synsepalum dulcificum (known as Miracle fruit, miracle berry) Pictures where taken of the plant near my house in karnataka India.(not England) Please let me know if any additional pictures are required to further identify it correctly. thanks a lot in advance.
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Dear sanketh, you are asking about plants that I have no expertise with; therefore, please take my comments with that in mind. From comparing imagery, I can see that the leaf blades of your plants do not match the typical shape of Synsepalum dulciferum, which taper more narrowly to the base and are widest beyond the middle (yours do not have an elongate taper at the base and are not obviously widest beyond the middle of the blade). Also, your plants show more elongate calyx segments at the base of the fruit vs. Synsepalum dulciferum, which have short sepals in fruit. While I can't be 100% confident, your plants do not seem to be this species (or at least are not the usual expression of it). Best wishes.
