ID of this shrub please

[B.C. Tree Services]

Hi, anyone have any idea what this shrub is. I have to horticulturalists baffled.

 

The berry is approximately 1cm in diameter and the red flowers have a sticky/ waxy feel to them.

I meant to take a picture of the whole shrub itself but my battery ran out.

 

All help appreciated !

 

[se7enthdevil]

possibly this stuff

 

 

Black twinberry •Lonicera involucrata - Biodiversity of the Central Coast

[Andrew Gale]

I think we have a winner........

[Stubby]

But where is the other Berry

[se7enthdevil]

in the third picture down there is a small pinky white bulb berry like structure underneath the ripe berry. this i assumed to be the other berry.

 

i was not 100% sure of the identification as i've never seen anything like it but after putting in plants with black berry's in to google it was the best i could come up with.

 

there appear to be many varieties so there could be one with a single berry.

 

 

the pink structure around the berry is almost identical so i'm sticking with this guess.

[Stubby]

in the third picture down there is a small pinky white bulb berry like structure underneath the ripe berry. this i assumed to be the other berry.

 

i was not 100% sure of the identification as i've never seen anything like it but after putting in plants with black berry's in to google it was the best i could come up with.

 

there appear to be many varieties so there could be one with a single berry.

 

 

the pink structure around the berry is almost identical so i'm sticking with this guess.

 

Damm your good 7th !

[B.C. Tree Services]

Ahh, got this cutting from my father and he said the majority of them did have 2 berries :-) looks like you aced it, many thanks!!

[se7enthdevil]

i lucked out to be honest. i saw that lump that looked like it could have been the second berry and put two and two together that's all...

 

 

i'm nothing without mr google to double check. i'm not bad with my broad leaves and i'm learning lots of others along the way.

[daltontrees]

The berry is the swollen ovary with a fertilised seed in it. Looks like one of the flowers didn't get fertilised, hence no berry. Can definitely see it in two of the pics.