Dear Kenneth On your clue I was trying to look at the swollen portion (inferior ovary) below the emergence of sepals (calyx lobes). I find no trace of that. That puts me to doubt whether it could be a member of Myrtaceae or not.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:09 AM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks to be a Corymbia or Eucalyptus species, possibly C. maculata or C. > torelliana. This is a large, complex group of trees. Photos of form, bark > and capsules would be very helpful if possible. Foliage is often aromatic; > you might crush a leaf for confirmation as well. > > Regards-- > Ken Greby. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Chithra V <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wed, February 24, 2010 6:30:29 AM > *Subject:* [efloraofindia:28244] Help with identification 2 > > Hi, > Hi, > I photographed these in Chennai (Gandhi Nagar, 3rd Main Road) this > evening. The leaves belonged to a tree that was quite tall (resembling > a Mast tree (Polyalthea longifolia) but drooping bright green leaves. > A lady living in the house behind the tree said that the fruits gave > out a very sticky liquid and they called it the gum tree. > Chithra > > > > 240210cv-02a.JPG > 240210cv-02b.JPG > > These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. > Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+ > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
