Dinesh ji,It is indeed Cassine glauca (Rottb.) O. Kuntze.There are two trees in Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan (Rani Baug) Mumbai - One tree is at main gate fencing & other just outside Hippopotamus cage.
Rajdeo Singh Project fellow DIMPR Project St. Xavier's College Mumbai --- On Wed, 12/5/10, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:34604] DV - 09MAY10 - 1003 :: ¿ Diospyros / Glochidion ? To: "Prashant awale" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 12 May, 2010, 12:21 PM Glochidion is out of scope ... the fruits do not look like it Diospyros, overruled because the flowers do not look like it ...had put these as probabilities, because mind was blank !! No to Cassine glauca ... the fruits are pointed ellipsoids. No to Manikara hexandra, familiar with the plant. Gymnosporia (montana) ... leaves look like it, fruits do not know ... a good possibility; friends to comment. Regards. On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: How about Gymnosporia montana? On 5/11/10, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: Dear friends, Confused between Diospyros (malabarica) and Glochidion ... and ID could be none of these !! The flowers and fruits are mismatching. (Please bear the photo quality). Date/Time : May 9, 2010 at 10.03am IST Location Place : Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan (Rani Bagh), Mumbai. Altitude : 10 m GPS : 18°58'43.56"N, 72°50'9.81"E ± few seconds Habitat : garden (however must be found wild in Western Ghats) Type : ... Plant Habit : tree Height : about 8 -12 m Length : - not a climber - Leaves Type : simple, alternately placed (possibly whorling), coarsely serrate (or is it dentate, do not know) Shape : elliptic, rounded at both ends Size : 8 - 10 cm x 2.5 - 3.5 cm Inflorescence Type : axillary cymous Size : about 6 cm Flowers Size : about 10 mm Colour : off-white (cream) Calyx : do not know Bracts : - no bracts - Fruits Type : ¿ drupe ? Shape : ovoid Size : about 3 cm Seeds : do not know Other Info Fragrance : do not know Pollinator : do not know Uses : do not know Regards. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
