No. Does not look like *C. adansonii* ... are these tri-foliate leaves? *C. adansonii leaves *resemble those of *bael* tree -- dear to Lord Shiva. I have some photos at http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314...@n00&q=Crateva+adansonii&m=text
Regards. On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Satish ji. > I went through the flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic to find out the possible > species. > > According to the description available leaves seem to predominate for > identifying species > As per the following description - 3-foliate, leaflets ovate;nerves 5 pairs > (<7pairs),base oblique, margin entire and apex acuminate.This seem to be > *Crateva adansonii.* > However amongst the description given for flowers the stamen number is > given to be 20-25 which alone does not match for the plant i have > photographed. > > So can someone clarify whether i am right in presuming this to be *Crateva > adansonii? > *warm wishes > geetha > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:53 AM, satish pardeshi <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> >> it is a Crateva species >> >> On Jul 1, 9:38 pm, Padmanabhan Geetha <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Dear Friends >> > Please id the tree, belongs perhaps to family Capparaceae . >> > >> > Location : Inside Vattakotai fort, located on the eastern coast of >> > Kanyakumari. This solitary tree was growing in the centre of one of the >> > ramparts of the fort. Probably planted as the fort looked very >> 'pedicured >> > and manicured' >> > Taken on 17th June. It was so windy that getting a sharp image was >> proving >> > to be quite a task >> > >> > thanks and best wishes >> > geetha >> > >> > UT flower.jpg >> > 78KViewDownload >> > >> > UT full tree copy.jpg >> > 101KViewDownload >> > >> > UT leaf.jpg >> > 51KViewDownload >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
