Certainly Terminalia chebula Retz. One of the man distinguishing characteristics is the presence of two glands in the front base of the leaf or the beginning of petiole.
Also there is supposed to be a rarer form of T. chebula seen at Mahabaleshwar according to Dr. Almeida's Flora. This one is Terminalia chebula Retz. var. tomentella(Kurz) Clarke.Tthe description is as follows : "Leaves when young densely coppery- pubescent beneath, when adult pubescent or glabrous beneath. Young ovary glabrous. Fruit ovoid, hardly 2.5 cm long. Flowers : April -June. Distribution: Mahabaleshwar (Rare)." regards, Rashida. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... me too believe Satish ji's plant to be *T. chebula*. > > Similar view from Koraigad attached. > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> My experience and Pradip Kishen Trees of Delhi says that if you will >> confuse between any two trees in leaves then they are Baheda (Terminalia >> bellerica) and Mahua (Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia). Last weeb I had >> uploaded photos of T. chebula. I am uploading those of T. bellerica for >> comparison. >> >> >> -- >> 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:31 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Is ir Terminalia bellerica >>> Tanay >>> >>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Satish Phadke >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> There are many of these trees in Mahabaleshwar. I am always in doubt >>>> whether they are Hirda हिरडा *(Terminalia chebula)* or Beheda बेहेडा >>>> (*Terminalia >>>> bellerica)*? >>>> If you happen to visit Kate's point in Jun before reaching the final >>>> point there is a large area on the left side where one can find many good >>>> botanical specimens. These trees are abundant there. I have often found >>>> Aerides orchids flowering on these in Jun. >>>> Please help me in for ID. >>>> Dr Phadke >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tanay Bose >>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>> 9674221362 (Mobile) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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]<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]<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.
