Muthu-ji, There are similarities in the leaf growth, size; and the pointy branchlets;
But the Gmelina.I have seen ( Bangalore) has different texture, herbaceaous, somewhat pubescent; leaves are entire, margin sometimes sinuate. This plant leaves are thickly fleshy, smooth, many are three-lobed . Have you seen this type in flowering/ fruit stage ? ASinha On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > This is *Gmelina asiatica* L. of Verbenaceae. > > Tamil names: நிலக்குமிழ் ; முள்குமிழ் > > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 1:40 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: greenearth <[email protected]> >> Date: 12 January 2013 23:26 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:143709] Unarmed shrub, small thick lobed leaves: >> Please id GE-12-Jan-2013-A >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> >> Plant seen growing wild , outskirts of Chennai. >> >> Unarmed , wide branching, small thick shallow lobed leaves, >> >> the branchlet ends were little bit sharp. Flowers or fruits not seen >> >> Please help id >> >> Thanks, ASInha >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BJjQrcGIBag/UPGhjwu1kwI/AAAAAAAAASQ/v1UOGdiG1Sg/s1600/ThickLobedLvs-sharptipped+branches-a.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BJjQrcGIBag/UPGhjwu1kwI/AAAAAAAAASQ/v1UOGdiG1Sg/s1600/ThickLobedLvs-sharptipped+branches-a.jpg><https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BJjQrcGIBag/UPGhjwu1kwI/AAAAAAAAASQ/v1UOGdiG1Sg/s1600/ThickLobedLvs-sharptipped+branches-a.jpg><https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qtkZRdrgJEQ/UPGhva1_8pI/AAAAAAAAASY/fZ7s9K0QCF4/s1600/ThickLobedLvs-sharptipped+branches-b.jpg> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 members & >> 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > --
