Viplav Ji,
Thanks for the id, details and additional information.
Since I had only one picture, it was lying unid all these years.
Now since I know its the only tree in Mumbai, let me take some more better
pictures during next visit.
Thanks again.
Regards,
Aarti


On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 5:25 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> It is a *Croton* sp. [Euphorbiaceae].
>
> This particular specimen, possibly the only one in Mumbai, was identified
> as *Croton oblongifolius *Roxb. by RR Fernandez, and it has been
> documented as such in his PhD thesis on the Flora of Bombay (1959).
>
> Recently, it was identified as *Croton tiglium* L. during the survey
> conducted in October 2010 by Dr Marselin Almeida & his students.
>
> The leaves are akin to *C. oblongifolius*, now known as *C. persimilis *
> Müll.Arg.
>
> Best wishes, Viplav
>
> El 12 de julio de 2014, 16:43, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>
> escribió:
>
>>
>> A very old picture of mine, taken at the garden in May,2007.
>> Aarti
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