Hi, the plant is Sterculia foetida of family Sterculiaceae. teh seeds are eaten raw also roasted. commonly grown as avenue tree in Mumbai.
Tabish wrote: > Nandita, > The pictures are a bit small in size to make out clearly. However, > it could be Java Olive (Sterculia foetida), also called जंगली बादाम > Jangli badam: > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Java%20Olive.html > - Tabish > > On Jun 10, 1:55 pm, nandita amin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello! > > > > This is a tree which was planted in our land years ago in Mogar village > > between Vadodara and Anand in Gujarat by my father. The fruit or seeds which > > you see as green now turn to a brilliant maroon/red and spilt open when > > ripe. Please help in identifying the tree. The locals call it "Malaysian > > Badam (Almond)". > > > > Nandita Amin > > > > tree 1.JPG > > 142KViewDownload > > > > tree 2.JPG > > 161KViewDownload > > > > tree 3.jpg > > 181KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
