Could some one enlighten whether Madhuca indica (M. latifolia) is now considered a subspecies of M. longifolia, and how to distiguish them?
On Apr 11, 7:27 pm, satish phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Madhuca indica > The tree is now in fruiting phase. > Satish > > 2009/3/17 satish phadke <[email protected]> > > > > > I spotted this big Mahua tree on Sunday15th Feb 2009 on the outskirts of > > Pune.After looking at the features it appears to be > > *Madhuca longifolia var.latifolia* > > The differentiating features seen here(As compared to Madhuca longifolia > > var.longifolia)are > > Bigger and rounded leaves not longish > > Flowers also bigger. > > Anthers 3 seriate as against 2 seriate. > > This tree had shed all its leaves so I had to collect dried leaves from the > > ground for measurements. > > Satish > > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > > -- > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > > Madhuca longifolia latifolia9.jpg > 139KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
