Hi Shubhada your photos illustrates the answer very well I REQUEST EVERYONE TO SEE IT. I wish they could give out the fragrance of Baratondi too. cheers Usha
On 20/06/2009, shubhada nikharge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Usha, > to make your point more clear here are some pics of a composite fruit of > Morinda tinctoria. > These pics are from Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivli, Mumbai. > cheers, > shubhada > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Usha Desai <[email protected]> > *To:* katie bagli <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, 20 June, 2009 12:48:44 AM > *Subject:* [indiantreepix:13521] Re: Quiz on the fruit of Morinda > > Hi Katie & Neil > yes Katie, it is a composite or compound fruit as the entire inflorescence > develops in to a single fruit > and it is called sorosis.If you carefully search for you will notice that > each eye of Baratondi has a flower.Other examples of sorosis are > mulberry,pinepple & jackfruit. > unlike > in Sitaphal[Custard Apple Anona squamosa] where the fruit is an aggregate > fruit as it develops from a single flower[multicarpellary apocarpus ovary] & > the fruit is called an etario of berries.This is commonly found in primitive > family like anonaceae,magnoliaceae. > > cheers Usha > > > On 19/06/2009, katie bagli <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It is a composite fruit as several flowers make up one fruit. >> Cheers, >> katie >> >> --- On *Thu, 6/18/09, Usha Desai <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> >> From: Usha Desai <[email protected]> >> Subject: [indiantreepix:13424] Quiz on the fruit of Morinda >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 7:45 PM >> >> Friends >> we have had a lot of discussion on Baratondi >> so it is but natural that everyone is aware of >> its morphology. >> Is it a composite fruit like Jackfruit >> or an aggregate fruit like Custard apple[Sitaphal] >> and plz give your reason why U say so. >> Cheers. Usha >> >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------ > ICC World Twenty20 England '09 exclusively on YAHOO! > CRICKET<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_cricket_3/*http://cricket.yahoo.com> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
