... looks like *Morinda* ... most probably *M. citrifolia*, going by the smooth textured leaves. The other species M. pubescens found growing in wild.
Please take a look at ... http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Great%20Morinda.html ... http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=91314...@n00&q=Morinda+citrifolia&m=text commonly known as: canary wood, great morinda, Indian mulberry, large-leaved morinda, noni, nonu, pain killer tree • Bengali: hurdi • Gujarati: સુરંગી surangi • Hindi: आल aal, बारतुन्डी bartundi • Kannada: ಮಡ್ಡಿ maddi • Konkani: बारतोंडी bartondi • Malayalam: ചെറുമഞ്ജനാത്തി cerumanjjanaaththi • Marathi: आल aal, बारतोंडी bartondi • Oriya: pindre • Sanskrit: अच्युत achyuta, अक्षिकिफल akshikiphala • Tamil: மஞ்சணாறி manchanari, மஞ்சட்பாவட்டை manchatpavattai, நுணா nuna • Telugu: మడ్డిచెక్క maddi chekka, తగర tagara, తొగరు togaru Regards. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:21 PM, shobha chavda <[email protected]> wrote: > Request for ID – 220410SC1 > > > > Dear All, > > We have this plant in our locality which blooms normally in the month of > March every year. As such its very non-descript plant but when one stands > near the plant, it has a pleasing fragrance like “ जाई -जुई" > > I m posting the photo ( Sorry for the bad quality ).Please help me in > identifying. > > > > Date / Time – 20 th April 2010 / 08.00 am. > > Location – Place /Altitude / GPS – Versova ( Andheri) -Mumbai > > Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Urban > > Plant Habit – Tree/Shrub / Climber /Herb – A big Shrub > > Height /Length – about 8 ft. > > Leaves Type / Shape / Size – > > Inflorescence Type /Size – > > Flowers Size /Colour /Calyx – White corolla with five thick petals. > Flowering is comparatively scanty . > > Fruits Type /Shape /Size / Seeds – > > Other Information like Fragrance,Pollinator,Uses etc – Mildly > fragrant-resembles “ Mogara” fragrance. Blooms only in March-April. > > > > Regards, > > Shobha > > > > > > > > -- > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
