Sir I think Raghu ji pics are of the common Mahua - Maduca longifolia var latifolia. The prominent venation and broader leaves than that of south Indian Mahua being the distinguishing featueres.
But Sir, to me your last pic also is indicative of common Mahua only. Inference is based on having seen the south indian Mahua recently with much longer and slender leaves. regards, Rashida. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Tabish ji > Frankly speaking, this plants looks different from typical specimens of > both Mahua (M. longifolia var. latifolia) and South Indian Mahua (M. > longifolia var. longifolia). Latter is a quite distinct tree (It was lying > with me for nearly one year before I knew it was Madhuca). I am uploading > both my plants to compare. The above plant be considered for other two South > Indian species M. malabarica and m bourdilloni. May be colleagues from S W > India can help. > > > -- > > 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 Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Anand Kumar Bhatt > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> It is a very useful tree. The flowers fall and they are edible as it is or >> it can be boiled. It is also used to make the basic fermented liquid to >> make/distill liquor. tribals love it. Even our large distilleries making >> tharra were using it as raw material.Now most of them have switched to >> molasses as they find it much cheaper. Its fruit gives oil, which now I am >> told after some processing has been made edible for humans. A large shady >> tree which nobody cuts because of its usefulness. >> ak >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Gurcharan ji, >>> I think Madhuca longifolia var. longifolia leaves are much narrower >>> than that of common Mahua (Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia). With >>> the leaves in the pictures here, and the veins on them, to me it >>> appears to be Common Mahua (Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia). Can't >>> be too sure though. >>> - Tabish >>> >>> On Jun 2, 7:21 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > I hope this is South India Mahua Madhuca longifolia var. longifolia >>> > >>> > -- >>> > 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:38 AM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Hippe {Kannada], Mahua, Mohwa >>> > > Bassia latifolia (Syn. Madhuca Indica), Fam. Sapotaceae >>> > >>> > > Height of the tree 45-50feet, fruit size - 5-7cm, >>> > > Habitat: Farm fence, dry lands >>> > > Umbalwadi, Hunsur Tq, Mysore district >>> > > 11 May 2010 >>> > >>> > > Regards >>> > > Raghu >>> > >>> > > -- >>> > > 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%[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. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Anand Kumar Bhatt >> A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road >> Gwalior. 474 005. >> Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. >> My blogsite is at: >> http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com >> (A new blogs has been added on 30 May 10.) >> And the photo site: >> www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, >> Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! >> >> -- >> 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.
