Leycesteria gracilis

Beautiful purple berries. Taken 15th April 2011.

Please can someone id this.

Habitat-…. Growing wild in the forest near Lava. West Bengal.

Plant Habit…… Shrub

Height/Length-….Leaves… See pic.

Inflorescence…. ????

Flowers…..????

Fruits… Small purple berries. See pic.

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However, I have found it on eflora china where it says “Berry yellow-green”

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242423833

So sadly I feel this still remains unsolved.

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Following my thrilling id of Lecesteria stipulata, last night, I found a pic of the berries on www. for it.

Sadly I cannot add the link as it must be a private image.

But I did notice that the berries in pic had a sort of coronet on the end.

Just like the berries here!

So I set to and did a bit more research.

I now believe I have another Leycesteria…. Leycesteria gracilis.

eflora mentions the lack of stipules.With berries that are red turning blue purple!

Coincidentally the 2nd link has a botanical drawing… which shares the page with the Leycesteria stipulata.

http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000076887

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SHRUB ID……31.10.2011………..S.S…………52: I would be grateful if someone could id this shrub with beautiful purple berries.
Date/Time- 15th April 2011. Afternoon
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Near Neora Valley Jungle camp. Near Lave. West Bengal. Fairly high.
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-…. Wild. Along the track through forest
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- … Shrub.
Height/Length-….Sorry cammot remember.
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-… see pics.
Inflorescence Type/ Size-???
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-????
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Beautiful purple berries. See pics.

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I searched to my capacity, capacity of a beginner, and found this maybe some member of Caprifoliaceae, barring colour the fruits look like the one at –http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leycesteria_formosa1.jpg

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It is Leycesteria formosa of Caprifoliaceae. It is very common in Neora Velley National Park, may be around Aluabari and upto Jopokhri at the top.

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Leycestria formosana is a very common shrub in UK. I have never seen it without the bigpuple coloured bracts that come with the flowers and remain on the plant with the berries.