Solanum burchellii berry colour changes

Three fruit colourings are present on the Solanum burchellii plant in picture. The slightly hidden, youngest berry nearest the ground is whitish, the dark green bands down its surface irregularly shaped. Yellow starts to appear on the half-ripe fruit as it swells to mature size, its dark patches fading.

By maturity the surface patches have all disappeared, the ripe fruit a uniform bright orange for maximum effect on decision making of dispersal agents.

A fruit bears 10 to 25 kidney-shaped, flattened seeds of 2,5 mm long and 2 mm wide; dull yellow to orange in colour (Le Roux, et al, 2005; iNaturalist; http://solanaceaesource.org).