Dear Raghu Ji, I am just using your format to indicate what I could observe in red letter (please don’t mind for using red color and bold text) I am excluding floral and fruit character because it’s absent in the plant…. I am quite sure it’s *C tamala*……
*Taxonomy* Trees, medium sized, up to 10 m tall; 2 Meters, Ok OK branchlets slender. Ok OK Terminal bud small, -Not clear in my photo ZOOM THE PHOTO YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE APEX OF THE BRANCHES!! sericeous, (Soft hairs -yes) 2 bud scales. *Leaves * sub-opposite OK OK or spirally arranged, OK OK chartaceous (paper like) ONLY FOUND IN MATURE LEAF I HOPE!!! to sub-coriaceous, glabrous in mature specimens, As of now no hairs observed (appears smooth) SIZE OF THE LEAVES INDICATE THEY ARE QUITE MATURE NOW !! ovate, oblong to lanceolate, OK OK 2.5-8 x 7.5-25 cm, OK OK apex long acuminate OK OK base acute; OK OK above smooth, OK the main nerves prominulous, PROMINULOUS MEANS SLIGHTLY RAISED ABOVE THE TISSUE- OK below obscurely, densely minutely reticulate, CAN’T BE SEEN midrib slender, Ok OK prominent, OK basal nerves prominent, OK 4/5 or more of the lamina length, OK connected by faint, parallel secondary veins, OK 3-5 mm apart. OK Petiole slender, up to 1.5 cm long. OK OK On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks like a young Cinnamomum species to me. I'll leave it to the experts > here to provide the correct specific epithet. > > Regards-- > Ken. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* raghu ananth <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, April 16, 2010 8:35:06 AM > *Subject:* [efloraofindia:32424] Plant for ID | 16Apr2010AR01 > > Plant for ID | 16Apr2010AR01 > (record photo, photographed from 200 meters distance) > > Narimale, Brahmagiri hills, > 07Dec2008, Elevation - 1405 meters, > Height ~2 meters. Leaf length - 5 inches, > Secondary venation - vertical, > > Regards > > Raghu > > > > > -- > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- 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.
