To me also it looks like Sonneratia apetala. Its picture and description is given in flowersofindia, I think by Pravin Ji. Promila
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Pardeshi S. <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello all > it is for Sure Sonneratia apetala. > the 4 fleshy spreading calyx in fruit and the umbrella-shaped stigm > aclearly points out towards Sonneratia apetala. > it can be found ocassionaly along the Mumbai coast. > > Regards > Satish Pardeshi > > On Jul 13, 12:15 pm, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > PS: Sorry for my word-swapping typo! I meant, "apetala" means it has > > no petals - it only has 4 sepals :-) > > - Tabish > > > > On Jul 13, 12:11 pm, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > As Pravin pointed out, this should be Sonneratia mangrove (Sonneratia > > > apetala) > > > "apetala" means it has no sepals - it only has 4 petals, And a very > > > interesting pistil with stigma looking like a mushroom! > > > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sonneratia%20Mangrove.html > > > - Tabish > > > > > On Jul 13, 11:16 am, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > This is a call for Dr. Jatinder Chadha,..........please reply > > > > Isnt this plant the one you were showing from Sikkim....so most > > > > probably this is not necessarily a mangrove plant!!! > > > > Pankaj >
