This can go with Spondias pinnata /Spondias mangifera
a close up of flowers shud confirm.

On Apr 17, 11:03 am, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dineshji,
> More possibilities for Anacardiaceae.
>
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
>
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>
>
>
> > Neil ji, to me does not look like *G. pinnata*, because here, the
> > inflorescence stalk is pink, with buds (or flowers) of red tinted white
> > colour, they are smaller at the end of panicles and are clinging close to
> > the stalk ... whereas in *G. pinnata* the stalk is light green, the much
> > branched pinnacle has its buds and flowers diverging from the stalks.
>
> > Regards.
>
> > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> >>  Hi Dinesh,
> >>   My apologies for the slip-up. I meant Kakad [Garuga pinnata]. Sending
> >> you some of my of photographs to prove my point.
> >>                      Regards,
> >>                        Neil.
>
> >> --- On *Sat, 4/17/10, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>* wrote:
>
> >> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
> >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:32434] DV - 14APR10 - 0138 :: ¿ Spondias
> >> acuminata ?
> >> To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]
> >> Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8:02 AM
>
> >> But Neil ji, have always felt that the inflorecence of *L. 
> >> coromandelica*is wiry bunch of strands ... each of them is unbranched, 
> >> some of them
> >> drooping too.
> >> Have a feeling that this plant is not *L. coromandelica*.
>
> >> Regards.
> >> '
>
> >> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Neil Soares 
> >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
> >> > wrote:
>
> >>>   Hi Dinesh,
> >>>   It looks like Moi [Llanea coromandalica] just getting ready to fruit.
> >>>                      Regards,
> >>>                        Neil.
>
> >>> --- On *Fri, 4/16/10, Dinesh Valke 
> >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
> >>> >* wrote:
>
> >>> From: Dinesh Valke 
> >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>
>
> >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:32434] DV - 14APR10 - 0138 :: ¿ Spondias
> >>> acuminata ?
> >>> To: "efloraofindia" 
> >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indiantree...@googlegrou...>
>
> >>> Date: Friday, April 16, 2010, 11:27 PM
>
> >>>   Dear friends,
> >>> Could provide very scant information; the leafless tree in far distance
> >>> attracted me due to its cream-coloured inflorescence.
> >>> The photos too may not provide much clues to ID; yet hoping to get some
> >>> info.
>
> >>> Date/Time : April 14, 2010 at 1.38pm IST
> >>> Location Place : Palghar Road (Ghat section)
>
> >>> Altitude : 82 m
> >>> GPS : 19°42'0.75"N, 72°49'17.99"E
>
> >>> Habitat : wild
> >>> Type : mixed deciduous forest
>
> >>> Plant
> >>> Habit : medium sized deciduous tree
> >>> Height : 15 - 20 ft
> >>> Length : - not a climber -
>
> >>> Leaves
> >>> Type : do not know
> >>> Shape : do not know
> >>> Size : do not know
>
> >>> Inflorescence
> >>> Type : panicle
> >>> Size : can not guess
>
> >>> Flowers
> >>> Size : can not guess
> >>> Colour : off-white
> >>> Calyx : do not know
> >>> Bracts : - no bracts -
>
> >>> Fruits
> >>> Type : do not know
> >>> Shape : do not know
> >>> Size : do not know
> >>> Seeds : do not know
>
> >>> Other Info
> >>> Fragrance : do not know
> >>> Pollinator : do not know
> >>> Uses : do not know
>
> >>> Thoughts exchanged between Satish (Pardeshi) ji and me at Google Buzz put
> >>> here:
>
> >>> x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
> >>> x x x x x x x x
> >>> satish pardeshi - first two pic look like that of *Spondias*!!!
>
> >>> Dinesh Valke - yes !!! ... many thanks, Satish ji.
>
> >>> satish pardeshi - Palghar is really nice place, i have been there a few
> >>> times... the estuary, the beaches, the forest on the hills along the
> >>> highway, the water bodies and the wadis of the local people for growing
> >>> vegetables and fruit... all is really nice.
>
> >>> Dinesh Valke - Satish ji ... on second thoughts ... slightly not
> >>> confident about the plant being *S. pinnata*.
> >>> Have got few views of *S. pinnata* seen at Yeoor Hills and near Revdanda
> >>> ...
> >>>http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Spondiaspinnata&w=91314344%40N00&m=tags
>
> >>> The inflorescence in my earlier views, seem to be wiry and relatively
> >>> longer and much more branched.
>
> >>> Your thoughts please.
>
> >>> satish pardeshi - Yes Dinesh ji
> >>> it is different from ur pics at flicr...i am pretty sure this is of *
> >>> Spondias* species.
>
> >>> Dinesh Valke - Cooke's Flora of Bombay describes two species: *S.
> >>> mangifera* ( syn. of *S. pinnata* ) and lesser known *S. acuminata*.
>
> >>> Key described:
> >>> Panicle 12 - 15 in. long; stone rough .................................
> >>> *S. mangifera*
> >>> Panicle 6 - 8 in. long; stone smooth ..................................
> >>> *S. acuminata*
>
> >>> Another difference found in the descriptions:
> >>> *S. mangifera*:
> >>> ... bark smooth, ash coloured, branches nearly horizontal;
> >>> ... leaflets 3 - 5 pairs and a terminal one ...
>
> >>> *S. acuminata*:
> >>> ... bark smooth, olive-grey; branches spreading in all directions from
> >>> erecto-patent above to divaricate below
> >>> ... leaflets 5 - 8 pairs (and a terminal one) ...
>
> >>> BUT the book mentions that existence of *S. acuminata* in Bombay
> >>> Presidency is somewhat doubtful, ... Cooke had seen one imperfect specimen
> >>> from the hills of Kanheri, not differing from *S. mangifera* !!
>
> >>> Satish ji, do you think this plant to be *S. acuminata* OR yet some
> >>> other species of *Spondias* ?
>
> >>> Many thanks.
>
> >>> x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
> >>> x x x x x x x x
>
> >>> Regards.
>
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