Tropical bush with grape like fruit and reddish flowers

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  1. Colombia

    Colombia Active Member 10 Years

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  2. Tony Rodd

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    Perhaps a species of Ardisia
     
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    Colombia Active Member 10 Years

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    It could be but I can not find a match on the web. However, the other plant I am trying to ID which I thought was a Solanum I think could be an Ardisia
     
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    For me, that's one of the many Palicourea or a very close relative in the Rubiaceae. They really need somebody to go out and properly describe and photograph them, though - the genus is so poorly represented in collections.
     
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    Palicourea spp. have strictly opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules, and distinctly tubular flowers. I still think it's likely to be an Ardisia.
     
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    And I think I've never seen an Ardisia in either Colombia or Ecuador with that type of deeply-pronounced venation, which is much more typical of the Rubiaceae than it is of the Myrcinaceae....
     
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    Could it be a Parathesis?
     
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    Could very well be....
     
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    Yes, certainly looks like some images of Parathesis, a genus of Myrsinaceae closely allied to Ardisia.
     

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