Forwarding again for ID confirmation Distributed as Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia ? <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/sapotaceae/madhuca/madhuca-longifolia-var-latifolia-1> Group discussion at Trees of Lalbagh - Bangalore - RA - Madhuca Longifolia var. latifolia - Mahua Tree (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/YujEkZuo0Kw>
On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 4:31:02 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > If the last image is from the same tree, I will go for Madhuca longifolia > var. latifolia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/sapotaceae/madhuca/madhuca-longifolia-var-latifolia> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: raman <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 at 07:34 > Subject: [efloraofindia:108573] Trees of Lalbagh - Bangalore - RA - > Madhuca Longifolia var. latifolia - Mahua Tree > To: <[email protected]> > > > Mohwa is one of the most important of Indian forest trees, not because it > may possess valuable timber - and it is hardly ever cut for this purpose - > but because of its delicious and nutritive flowers. It is a tree of > abundant growth and, to the people of Central India, it provides their most > important article of food as the flowers can be stored almost indefinitely. > It is large and deciduous with a thick, grey bark, vertically cracked and > wrinkled. Most of the leaves fall from February to April, and during that > time the musky-scented flowers appear. They hang in close bunches of a > dozen or so from the end of the gnarled, grey branchlets. Actually the word > ‘hang’ is incorrect because, when a bunch is inverted, the flower > stalks are sufficiently rigid to maintain their position. These stalks are > green or pink and furry, about 5 cm. long. The plum-coloured calyx is also > furry and divides into four or five lobes; within them lies the globular > corolla, thick, juicy and creamy white. Through small eyelet holes at the > top, the yellow anthers can be seen. The stamens are very short and adhere > to the inner surface of the corolla; the pistil is a long, protruding green > tongue. It is at night that the tree blooms and at dawn each short-lived > flower falls to the ground. A couple of months after the flowering period > the fruit opens. They are fleshy, green berries, quite large and containing > from one to four shiny, brown seeds. > > Raman > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/a86e34ab-7715-448a-9728-cabe27eaa07an%40googlegroups.com.
