Guys

A great help, thanks for all your replies, bang goes Sunday lunch then.

Gotcha http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/Bouncinbob_2006/the%20triffid/thetreeB.jpg ][/img] This is the general view of the plant [ http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/Bouncinbob_2006/the%20triffid/theleaf2B.jpg ] This is the leaf and this is the fruit [ http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/B...

Ooops
Something wrong here, perhaps piccys were too big, can not think so though.

My friend has this little charmer growing alongside his courgettes but swears black is blue and red is no colour at all that he did not plant it. It is about 4 feet high and the same across and has all the hall marks as being of themarrow / cucumber family except that the fruit are spiky, about 2+ i...