Apologies to all.
This blunder will not repeat.
Have I any way to delete this post ?
OR any moderator / administrator wipe this post.

I do not mind reconstructing the post.
Again, I stand corrected.
Regards.



On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:

> in my haste, I forgot to put location.
> I found these trees at Bassein fort (near Mumbai).
>
> Regards.
>
>   On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> ... my own reasoning to rach out for *S. mahagoni*:
>> - flowers look relatively inconspicuous.
>> - the inflorescence seems to be thus lax
>> - the fresh leaves look bright green ... stupid reason - I have not seen
>> how fresh leaves of *S. macrophylla* look like
>> - the bole is relatively shorter - I have read somewhere that *S.
>> macrophylla* tends have a cleaner bole
>> - shorter bole, rounder canopy ... I do not know whether this makes sense.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>>   On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello friends,
>>>
>>> I am almost sure that this tree is *Swietenia mahagoni*.
>>> Yet, please validate ... not sure how I can rule out *S. macrophylla*.
>>>
>>> Attached 3 photos, just in case you would like some more views:
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=91314...@n00&q=Swieteniamahagoni&m=tags
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>
>>
>

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