Operation Wildflower
  • Home
  • Albums
  • Links
    • Botanical Gardens
    • OWF Sites
    • Public Parks, Gardens and Reserves
    • Reference Sites
    • Private Parks, Gardens and Reserves
  • Information
    • About Us
    • Articles
    • Contact Us
    • Disclaimer
    • Glossary
    • Plant Records
      • Aloes
      • Bulbs
      • Climbers
      • Cycads
      • Euphorbias
      • Ferns
      • Grasses
      • Herbs
      • Orchids
      • Parasites
      • Shrubs
      • Succulents
      • Trees
    • Sources of Information
    • Subject Index
Home Home » TYPES » Trees » Myrsine africana fruit
Back to Category Overview
Total images in all categories: 12,081
Total number of hits on all images: 7,379,286

Myrsine africana fruit

Myrsine africana fruit
Start View full size
[Please activate JavaScript in order to see the slideshow]
Previous Previous
Image 359 of 645  
Next Next
Image 361 of 645  
  • Mundulea sericea subsp. sericea dark leaflets
  • Mundulea sericea subsp. sericea in Sekukhuniland
  • Mundulea sericea subsp. sericea leaflets and pods
  • Mundulea sericea subsp. sericea pods
  • Mundulea sericea subsp. sericea stem
  • Mundulea sericea subsp. sericea young flower cluster
  • Myrsine africana
  • Myrsine africana flowers
  • Myrsine africana fruit
  • Myrsine africana leaves
  • Mystroxylon aethiopicum subsp. schlechteri
  • Nectaropetalum capense
  • Nectaropetalum capense stem
  • Nicotiana glauca
  • Nicotiana glauca flowers
  • Nicotiana glauca leaves
  • Nicotiana glauca shrub

Image information

Description

The fruits of Myrsine africana are thinly fleshy, changing colour repeatedly en route to ripeness.

This fruit colour change in a particular sequence for each species serves to assist consumers in assessing the stage of ripening, the time to ripeness (if they have such cognitive abilities) and the key issue, when best to eat. Colour change is a common attribute of the fruits of many plant species dependent upon hungry animals for seed dispersal.

Sparse surface mottling and the persistence of style remains are typical of M. africana.

The photo was taken in November in the Caledon Wildflower Garden (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Van Wyk and Van Wyk, 1997).

Hits
1529
Photographer
Judd Kirkel
Author
Ivan Latti
 
Back to Category Overview
Powered by JoomGallery