Rashida ji Could'nt your plant be M. malabarica. It has lanceolate-oblong leaves. This is what my Brandis Indian Trees tells me. Please consider. I hope it has a new name M. neriifolia.
-- 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, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharan ji, > I am attaching a picture of, what I believe is, South Indian Mahua, > taken at Shanti Van in Delhi. Just for comparison. > - Tabish > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Tabish ji > > See this one. This plant looks very different from var. latifolia, and I > got > > it identified from this forum only. > > > > -- > > 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, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Gurcharan ji, > >> To me your Madhuca-longifolia-var-longifolia picture looks like M. > >> longifolia var. latifolia. My perception is that South Indian Mahua > >> leaves are more mango-like. Leaves in your picture appear to be > >> obovate, which is a Mahua feature. However, I could easily be wrong, > >> with not much experience with these species. I hope some others can > >> throw light on it. > >> - Tabish > >> > >> On Jun 2, 9:59 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >> > > >> > 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. 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