Sir I have posted Pics of the same tree a few days back and nobody contradicted the ID, so I would request experts to sort this out. Thanks.
regards, Rashida. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> > >> > 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: 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/> >> <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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