Hello,

The plant in picture is indeed Brownea coccinea without any doubt. The
inflorescence is distinctly that of Brownea.

On Mar 29, 5:49 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Anita ji
> This can confuse many of us. When I saw these photographs for the first
> time, my first reaction was also Saraca indica from the colour of flowers
> (although they are darker here) and more distinctly the light coloured
> hanging young leaves, so characteristic of Saraca also. When I saw it
> identified as Brownea coccinea I immediately went to the web and also saw
> photograph at Flowersofindia (the first website I visit for confirming any
> doubtful plant) and was confident about Tanay's identification. Since the
> two plants look so similar I could detect two main features which can help
> in identifying the two: Saraca has much longer exserted stamens (not that
> long in Brownea) and leaves are even pinnate (odd pinniate with terminal
> leaflet in Brownea).
>     This one is indeed Brownea coccinea.
>
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> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Parjanya guru <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
> > .. .. Its not *Saraca indica..*
>
> > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Anita Dake <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> Dear All,
> >> I have been able to identify this tree and its Saraca Indica ( Seeta
> >> Ashok).
> >> Is it correct?
>
> >> Thank you.
> >> Regards,
> >> Anita Dake
>
> >>   ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: Anita Dake <[email protected]>
> >> Date: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM
> >> Subject: Request for id
> >> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]>, Flowers of India <
> >> [email protected]>
>
> >> Dear All,
> >> Request for id
> >> Small Tree at my farm house
> >> Location: Tathawade Village, Pune
> >> Date : 20 March 2010
> >> Height: @3meters
> >> Dia: �[email protected] meters
>
> >> Thank you.
> >> Regards,
> >> Anita Dake
>
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