Thank you Gargji for detailed clarification... Based on the same I take it that this is also Crataeva tapia....
Regards Alka Khare On Friday, September 27, 2013 11:07:49 AM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Hi, Alka ji, > From efi > thread<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Crateva$20AND$20adansonii$20AND$20subsp.$20AND$20odora$20AND$20$2B$20AND$20crateva$20AND$20religiosa/indiantreepix/zh3Olhdxtag> > : > Trees of Delhi states Crataeva *nurvala*, *Crataeva religiosa* & *Crataeva > magna* to be an invalid Syn. of *Crateva > adansonii* (i.e not valid synonyms, but are commonly used (incorrectly)). > > *Crataeva nurvala* [*C.religosa*] is an African species that is not > [naturally] found in India. > > The common species of Sacred Barna [locally called *Vaivarun*] found in > and around Bombay [including the > one photographed by ... at Kanheri] is *C.tapia*. It is a small tree with > a much-branched head and > greenish-white flowers. > > The other species of *Crataeva* found in Maharashtra is* C.adansonii* [* > C.tapia* ssp. *odora*] which is common > around Savantwadi and is seen mainly on riverbeds and ocassionally on > hilly slopes. It is a larger tree [upto > 10mts tall] with a dense crown and white flowers. > > > On 20 September 2013 11:00, J.M. Garg <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> >> >> >> Crateva<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/c/capparaceae/crateva> >> species >> in efi so far. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Alka Khare <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Date: 12 September 2013 11:14 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:165370] Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight : >> 12092013 ARK-05 : Crataeva species from Mumbai - March 2013 >> To: [email protected] <javascript:> >> >> >> Hello friends >> >> Attached are pictures of Crataeva species captured in Jijamata Udyan, >> Mumbai in March 2013. >> >> Requested to please provide ID. >> >> >> Thanks and Regards >> Alka Khare >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 (largest in the world): >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2165 members & >> 1,64,000 messages on 31/8/13) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 8500 species & 1,70, 000 images). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > > > -- > 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 (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2165 members & > 1,64,000 messages on 31/8/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8500 species & 1,70, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

