Deare Raghuji, Precisely this shrub is *Grewia hirsuta*, I could taste the Honey-sweet of these fruits when we were in field works; common in dry deciduous forests. First I hesitated to eat this fruit owing to its hirsuite nature, but it is really good.
Local Tamil name: Thaen kallai [seeds of honey] On 6/25/10, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Appears to be some Grewia species. Without flowers difficult to comment on > the species. > Dr Phadke > > > On 24 June 2010 21:21, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kind Request to ID this fruiting plant >> ** >> >> Date/Time : >> >> 27 Mar 2010 >> >> >> >> Location- Place, altitude and GPS: >> >> Mamandur, Andhra Pradesh. Eastern ghats >> >> >> >> Habitat- garden/ urban/wild/type: >> >> Wild, >> >> >> >> Plant Habit-tree/shrub/climber/herb: >> Shrub, >> >> >> >> Height/length: >> 5 feet >> >> >> >> Leaves-type/shape/size: >> lanceolate/14 cms approx >> >> >> >> Inflorescence type /size: >> >> - >> >> >> >> Flowers-size/colour/calyx/bracts: >> >> - >> >> >> >> Fruits type-shape/size/seeds: >> >> Red/1cms/hairy/shape-~Tomato >> >> Fragrance/odour/pollinator/uses and so on >> - >> >> >> 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]> >> . >> 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. > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org -- 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.

