On 9/18/09, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Fallen Dhoopa tree – home to number of mushrooms and estate workers !
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> The fallen and dead dhoopa tree in a coffee estate in Coorg is home not
> only to a number of mushrooms but also provides shelter to a lot many estate
> workers who take refuge in the hollow trunks during rains. One of the huge
> dhoopa trees I have ever seen.
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> Local Name: Dhoopa (Kannada language)
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> (can be drilled down further into one of the below trees.
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> 1. Kari maddi / haalu maddi/black dammar) /canarium strictum
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> 2. Bili maddi / Malabar ailanto (Ailanthus triphysa, ).
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> I would like to know how to differentiate these two varieties.
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> Regards
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> Raghu
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Leaves of Canarium are usually entire, whereas in Ailanthus has gland tipped
teeth along the margin, and glands on underside of leaf.
Fruit of Canarium is a drupe, a winged dry samara in Ailanthus
Flowers with 5-6 sepals and petals in Canarium, 3 each in Ailanthus.
Canarium is evergreen, Ailanthus partly deciduous.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
Department of Botany
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi
Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj
Vikas Puri
New Delhi-110018
Phone: 011025518297
Mobile: 9810359089
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