Shrikant ji Perhaps more than 80 per cent trees in our big area of Janak Puri and Vikas Puri belong to Terminalia that have been confusing me for a long time. Finally I thought I had solved mystery and identified two species T. arjuna and T. tomentosa (correctly known as T. crenulata) largely on the basis of shorter spikes, early flowering April-May, and smaller wings in T. arjuna and longer spikes, late flowering May-June and longer wings in T. tomentosa, although I could not verify often mentioned rough bark in latter. With your identifying above plant as T. elliptica (syn T. alata), I am again in dilemma as my Brandis Indian Trees does not include either. Could you kindly tell me how to differentiate T. arjuna from T. elliptica?.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:16 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]>wrote: > Terminalia cuneata or Arjun tree. Regards, Shrikant > > On May 5, 2:38 pm, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > While we took a small break near the rivers of the Anchetty forests, we > came across many of these interesting tree species, most of them rested in > the banks or in the midst of the river, gone dry in summer. The trees in > these scrub forests are dwarf except in these rivulets where they reach > great heights upto 120 feet. We watched a number of such trees amidst the > river during our drive for more than 10 kms (Mar 2010). Wonder how these > trees withstand the gushing river floods during monsoons. And most > importantly, these gigiantic trees in the rivers are untouched by human > hands. At Hogenakkal, while hitching a ride on the coracle, the boatman > would often take us around these trees! Some of these magnificent trees > are several centuries old (200-350 years approx) > > Probably Mekedatu, Muttati in Karnataka, Anchetty and Hogenakal on the > Tamilnadu-Karnataka border are the best places to see tree kinds in the mid > of river cauvery river. I suppose Terminalia arjuna, grows quite tall and > are found in good numbers in the turbulent Cauvery river. > > > > Date/Time- > > 08 Mar 2010 > > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- > > Amidst the dry river stream, Anchetty - Hogenakal, Tamil Nadu > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- > > River banks, streams, rivulets, Wild, forest > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- > > Tree > > Height/Length- > > 50-60 feet > > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- > > alternate, elliptic, 5 inches > > Inflorescence Type/ Size- > > - > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- > > Not seen > > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- > > 5 winged fruit, Brownish red > > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- Definitely not a > Vitex leucoxylon tree / T.elliptica /T. crenulata > > > > -- > > 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 athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > DSC_0110a8.jpg > > 151KViewDownload > > > > DSC_0110a10.jpg > > 74KViewDownload > > > > DSC_0116_Leaf11.jpg > > 63KViewDownload > > > > DSC_0115_Seeds.jpg > > 81KViewDownload > > > > DSC_0105a_Tree1.jpg > > 190KViewDownload > > > > DSC_0111a_Trunk.jpg > > 164KViewDownload > > > > DSC_0112TrunkUpper.jpg > > 187KViewDownload > > > > DSC_0116_LeafCloseUp.jpg > > 85KViewDownload > > -- > 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. > > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- 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.
