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Here are a few more of my Kgalagadi mystery plants and flowers from March 2010. Any help with ID will be most appreciated!

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Might this be of the potato (solanum) family? (there are several that look similar in my fynbos book )



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Many thanks for any help with these!

Not many thanks due Arks! I am sorry to offer mainly handwaving and excuses (mumble... not a botanist...mumble). But maybe I can prod someone else into correcting me!

OK, fwiw: 1 is a legume hosting some Pyrrhocorid bugs. (Surprise!!!)
2. Is a member of the Cucurbitaceae, some sort of wild melon or cumber. Could be a variety of Tsamma for all I know, without a clear idea of scale.
3. Dunno. Some kind of acacia?
4. Is an obvious Asparagus, but we have about 20 spp. They used to be split into about four genera, but now they all are Asparagus again. Notice the "katdoring" thorns, though not all spp are thorny.
5.Emphatically Solanaceous. Looks like one of the Solanum spp widely referred to as "Apple of Sodom". They generally are poisonous and bitter. Some are not poisonous when very ripe, but I am not inclined to experiment.

I must try to get a field guide for Xmas...!

Go well,

Jon

A belated thank you, Jon, for trying to help out here. I guess that most will remains mysteries, but I simply can't resist photographing interesting plants and then wondering what they might be

We suffer from the same ailment, Arks......

Thx also to Jon from me for help with Id's....

Arks & Caracal,

My thanks to you for your kind comments.

All the best for the festive season, to you of course, and for everyone in these forums. It is nice to know that there are some people that care about the inexpressible beauty of living things and their lives.

Go well,

Jon

Thanks Jon..and to you as well.

Off to KTP on 26th..may have some more plants and "thingies" for you to ID in the new year......