Ximenia americana

Ximenia americana L., Sp. Pl. 1193 1753. (Syn: Heymassoli inermis Aubl.; Heymassoli spinosa Aubl.; Pimecaria odorata Raf.; Ximenia aculeata Crantz; Ximenia americana f. inermis S. Moore ..; Ximenia arborescens Tussac ex Walp.; Ximenia elliptica G. Forst.; Ximenia fluminensis M. Roem.; Ximenia inermis L.; Ximenia laurina Delile; Ximenia loranthifolia Span.; Ximenia montana Macfad.; Ximenia multiflora Jacq.; Ximenia oblonga Lam. ex Hemsl.; Ximenia spinosa Salisb.; Ximenia verrucosa M. Roem.; Ziziphus littorea Teijsm. ex Hassk. (Unresolved));
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Tropics & Subtropics, Queensland: Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Ximenia americana:
here are few snaps of Ximenia americana, another member of Olacaceae, excuse
me if I have sent already in previous years.
these are from arasanakere scrub jungle, Mysore, Karnataka

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woody scandent unarmed shrub found in the :  Attachments (1). 5 posts by 3 authors.

May any one help me this woody scandent unarmed shrub found in the forests of Eastrenghats,

Now I didnot notice the flowers.
fruit is about 2-3cm in size. As it is high on a tree we are unable to pluck it.

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It is Ximenia americana of Olacaceae.
Fruits are edible, taste sour.

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Thanks very much … for the correct ID … my guess was purely based on the lookalike fruit.!
I do have one picture of fruits of Ximenia americana … http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolist-9NNzn8-9BQ7Jn

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Ximenia americana L. SN Mar 40 : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author.
Ximenia americana L., Fam Olacaceae,
shrub/ small tree in deciduous forest ahobilam, eastern Ghats Andhra pradesh

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References:
POWO