Here the name has changed to *T. elliptica.* On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Terminalia alata* Roth, *Nov. Pl. Sp. 379. 1821. * > > *Ver.names:* Asna, Indian laurel (Eng.); Nalla maddi, inu maddi(Tel.). > > *Family:* Combretaceae > > *Description:* > > Deciduous trees, 10-15m high; bark black with deep vertical fissures and > transverse cracks looks like crocodile skin; branchlets villous. Leaves > opposite; lamina thick-chartaceous, elliptic-oblong, 6-14 × 3-7cm, base and > apex obtuse, shallowly crenulate, glabrous above, tomentose beneath; > secondary nerves articulate; glands turbinate on the mid nerve at the base > of the leaf blade. Flowers 5-merous, 4-5mm across, light brownish-yellow; > in 4-5cm long dense pedunculed spikes that are aggregated into 10-15 cm > long terminal panicles. Rachis villous. Sepals 5, brown, 3-4mm long, > villous. Petals absent. Stamens 10, exerted. Ovary inferior, terete, > oblong, ovules 2-3 pendulous; style exerted. Fruit woody, and fibrous, 3-5 > × 3-4cm, ovoid, with 5 glabrous wings. > *Habitat & location:* Common in high altitudes in hillside forests. > Photographed at Velugonda hills. It is also an endemic species. > Thank you > regards > A.Lalithamba > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
