As per FFOS, *F.montana* flowers differ from *F.latifolia* flowers in its styles being distinct in the former compared to being absent in the later.
2009/4/8 Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> > > > leaves in 2nd and 3rd photo look different > madhuri > > --- On Wed, 8/4/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Subject: [indiantreepix:10424] Re: Fwd: Flacourtia latifolia or > Flacourtia indica or other Flacourtia species > > To: "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, 8 April, 2009, 6:47 PM > > > > > > Hi, > > It seems to be Flacourtia indica. > > > > F.montana is common in the > > Borivali N.P. with 2 nice specimens seen at the C.E.C. > > It is a middle-sized to large tree with large [5-8cms] > > branched spines .It has large leaves glabrous and shiny > > above. Cherry-sized red to scarlet fruit usually occur in > > large bunches. > > F.indica is commoner > > elsewhere including at Shahapur. It is a small tree with > > sharp naked spines sometimes branched at the bases of older > > stems. The leaves are small. The pea-sized fruit are purple > > when ripe. > > Sending a few photographs of > > F.indica taken at Shahapur. > > > > With regards, > > > > Neil Soares. > > > > > > --- On Wed, 4/8/09, Dinesh Valke > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > Subject: [indiantreepix:10412] Re: Fwd: Flacourtia > > latifolia or Flacourtia indica or other Flacourtia species > > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, > > "oikos for ecological services" > > <[email protected]> > > Cc: "indiantreepix" > > <[email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 9:11 AM > > > > > > > > Well I too am eager to know the differences :) > > ... OIKOS, please give some idea. > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:51 AM, > > J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Can experts or other members throw some more light on > > this: > > > > "There was a confusion weather Satish ji's > > post was of Flacourtia indica or F. > > Montana (hardly any details on the net) vide > > Indiantreepix link: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/453389554854ab18 > > Shrikant ji's book only mentions Flacourtia > > latifolia (hardly any details on the net), which is > > stated to be occasional in deciduous forests in Hills. Trees > > of Delhi mentions only Flacourtia indica, which is > > stated to be common on the Ridge (I think Dry Rocky terrain) > > in Delhi. > > I am unable to differentiate between these two species. > > " > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > Date: 2009/4/5 > > Subject: Flacourtia latifolia or Flacourtia indica or other > > Flacourtia species > > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > Cc: Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected]>, > > oikos for ecological services <[email protected]>, > > Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>, > > satish phadke <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > On 7/2/09 in AP Forest Academy in Hyderabad (I think > > Dry deciduous forest in a rocky terrain). There was a > > confusion weather Satish ji's post was of Flacourtia > > indica or F. Montana (hardly any details on > > the net) vide Indiantreepix link: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/453389554854ab18 > > Shrikant ji's book only mentions Flacourtia > > latifolia (hardly any details on the net), which is > > stated to be occasional in deciduous forests in > > Hills. Trees of Delhi mentions only Flacourtia > > indica, which is stated to be common on the Ridge > > (I think Dry Rocky terrain) in Delhi. > > I am unable to differentiate between these two > > species. Experts may pl. clarify. > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg > > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ > > join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg > > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ > > join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. 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