Dear Tabish, I think u r right. Further flowers of Sahyadri by Srikant ji also talks of C.graveolens with capsules 2-3cm, ellipsoid, smooth, 3 valved, yellow; seeds with scarlet aril.
best wishes Prashant.. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Prashant, > Thanks for for the book reference, something I was desperately > looking for. It was a sight for sore eyes! > Looking at this, I feel that your plant is probably Casearia > graveolens. > Casearia graveolens is supposed to have broadly elliptic leaves and > yellow ellipsoid fruit, which agrees with your picture. > Casearia esculenta is supposed to have narrowly elliptic-lanceshaped > leaves and ellipsoid *orange* fruit. Both of these feature don't agree > well with your picture. > I would like others to present their opinion on this. > Best wishes > - Tabish > > On May 10, 7:53 am, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Tabish, Neil, > > > > Have a look at this link of "flora of eastern Ghats". It talks about both > > the species i.e Casearia eaculenta as well as C.graveolens. > http://books.google.co.in/books?id=pSXidQZupHYC&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=C... > > > > It indicates that for C.graveolens, the capsule is ellipsoid / > sub-globuse > > where as for C. esculenta it mentions as only ellipsoid, orange as > earlier > > indicated by Neil. > > > > Best wishes > > Prashant.. > > > > On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear Neil, > > > I got confused trying to understand this one. I could not find > > > description of Casearia esculenta in any book. This link (I won't bet > > > my money on its relaibility) > > >http://www.ayushveda.com/herbs/casearia-esculenta.htm > > > says that the fruits are spherical and red in color when ripe. > > > On the other hand, Casearia graveolens is descibed at Flora of > > > China site as having "Capsule orange-yellow when ripe, dark reddish or > > > blackish brown and strongly longitudinally ribbed when dried, > > > ellipsoid-oblong, ca. 2 cm, fleshy..." > > > Any comments on this? > > > - Tabish > > > > > On May 9, 5:49 pm, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Prashant, > > > > They are the fruit of Casearia esculenta locally called > Kirmira or > > > Kulkulta. > > > > With regards, > > > > Neil Soares. > > > > > > --- On Sat, 5/9/09, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: Prashant awale <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: [indiantreepix:11841] Request for ID > > > > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 6:04 PM > > > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > > > I came across this one on the way to "Kalsubai" (May-2008). ID > please?? > > > > > > Thanks & best wishes > > > > Prashant.. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
