I think, the images belong to M. tinctoria.
M. citrifolia: has smooth, shiny and light green leaves. The leaves have citric smell and fruits are not that precisely lobed as seen in M. tinctoria. M. tomentosa : the leaves are a bit bigger in size compared to M. tinctoria. Leaves of M. tomentosa are tomentose I.e. with smooth hairs/ velvety. The texture is very soft. M. tinctoria: the leaves are shiny but darker and not as smooth or glabrous as M. citrifolia or not as velvety as M. tomentosa. M. tinctoria is very common around and is wild. I am seeing M. tinctoria in Borivali NP since 7 years. M. tomentosa is also seen wild mixed with M. tinctoria. And hey, there can't be any rule to the number of fruit ends i.e. no hard and fast rule on the 12 ends. It should be a misconception that baratondi should always have 12 ends. I have seen M. tinctoria with more than 14 ends and less than 12 ends also. Cultivation: M. tinctoria and M. tomentosa are wild and common in forests. M. citrifolia I think is the cultivated one as I have seen this species only in gardens (there is one in byculla zoo also, checkout) Experts correct me if I am wrong ;) - Hemanth (the unemployed plant explorer ;) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:46 PM To: J.M. Garg Cc: [email protected] Subject: [indiantreepix:13277] Re: Morinda citrifolia (Noni) Hi Mr.Garg, It is Morinda citrifolia. M.pubescens [M.tomentosa] has hairy [tomentose] leaves whereas in M.citrifolia they are larger and glabrous. Also M.citrifolia has fragrant flowes. Incidentally M.tinctoria is not found in the Borivali N.P. and is cultivated more along the coast. With regards, Neil Soares. --- On Tue, 6/16/09, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Subject: [indiantreepix:13265] Re: Morinda citrifolia (Noni) To: "Prashant awale" <[email protected]> Cc: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 9:12 PM Thanks, Prashant ji. How to differentiate between two species i.e. Morinda pubescens & Morinda citrifolia? They look similar to me while going through Shrikant ji's book. 2009/6/16 Prashant awale <[email protected] <http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Dear Garg Ji, Good snaps. I think this should be "Morinda pubescens". We call it "Baratondi" due to around 12+ buldges on its fruit.. best wishes Prashant.. On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:47 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected] <http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > wrote: Tree I saw in Guntur, A.P. It was flowering on 28/4/09 & it's jasmine like smell attracted me towards it. I found the flower heads & fruits quite interesting in shape. I hope Id is OK. -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
