This fruit was photographed at Parte Alta Puerto Velasco Ibarra, Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador in May. May I ask for help with its identification, please? Krystyna
I have not got photograph of the flower but I have Darwin large tree finch (Camarhynchus psittacula) feeding on it. Krystyna
It is Fabaceae: Geoffroea spinosa Jacq. Categorized as an introduced invasive plant. Regards Ros Cameron WWW.DARWINFOUNDATION.ORG http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/taxa/15519.shtml http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?417655 http://www.hear.org/pier/species/geoffroea_spinosa.htm One fo the best books for more information is Wiggins,I.L. & Porter,D.M., 1971. Flora of Galapagos Islands Leguminosae