Dr. Singh-- Thanks for the additional information. I was looking solely at the flower buds and foliage.
Indeed, most (all?) Myrtaceae have inferior ovaries. Looks like Corymbia/Eucalyptus is not correct. Regards-- Ken Greby. ________________________________ From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> To: Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> Cc: Chithra V <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Wed, February 24, 2010 5:48:26 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:28254] Help with identification 2 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 >[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. > -- 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. -- 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.
