Thank you all, for your very prompt and helpful response. Following the first cue from Nidhan Singh ji, I found that this fruit belongs to the Quercus *geminata*. Here is the link:
http://eol.org/data_objects/11395159 Thanks to all again - Vijayasankar, Neil Soares and Prashant Awale - the latter also confirming that this fruit is indeed eaten by bears also, in addition to being the rhesus macaque and langur's favourite. Gratefully, Sushmita Jha On 22 May 2013 19:50, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it is a *Quercus *species (Oak), too. > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:40 AM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yesterday I had placed an 'unreasonable request' for ID of a seed based >> on just an anecdote at Neora Valley, North Bengal. Today, I can attach two >> images. To me this looks like some sort of an acorn. >> >> May I please request for urgent help with the ID of this seed? The reason >> is personal: >> >> I had given this seed from Neora Valley to my 5 year old grand daughter >> and tomorrow she wants to present that to her class as part of their weekly >> 'Do and Tell' story. She asked me the name of the tree/seed and wanted me >> to email her a picture of the tree. I am totally lost and therefore request >> experts on this forum for urgent help. >> >> Thank you very much in anticipation of your timely help. >> Regards, >> Sushmita Jha >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
