Thanks Shrikant ji for removing my confusion But perhaps, I am still not clear. I will be uploading my photographs separately for you to have a look at them
-- 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 7:47 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Dr. Singhji, > I have identified the tree as T. cuneata syn T, arjuna (not as T. > elliptica syn T. crenulata) from the stem, bark and fruits. T. cuneata > has uneven stem with yellowish white bark. T. elliptica has tall > cylindric stem with rough bark (crocodile back). The key goes as > below. > Fruits 5-winged, spikes panicled > -Wings of fruits hard, lines on wings curved upwards > T. > cuneata > -Wings of fruits papery, lines on wings straight > T. > elliptica > Hope this sorts out the confusion. Regards, Shrikant > > On May 5, 4:47 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shrikant ji > > I just found out that T. elliptica is closer to (or correct name for) T. > > crenulata (T. tomentosa). If distinct how to differentiate the two. GRIN > as > > well as Useful plants of India treat them distinct (latter T. alata (syn: > T. > > tomentosa) and T. crenulata (T. tomentosa var. crenulata)). > > > > -- > > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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]> > <indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googÂlegroups.com> > > >> . > > >> > 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]> > <indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googÂlegroups.com> > > >> . > > >> 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/ > > > > x > > > > -- > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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. 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