... me too, *Sonneratia apetala* ... commonly known as: mangrove apple, sonneratia mangrove • Bengali: keora • Marathi: चिपी chipi, कांदळ or कांडळ kandal • Oriya: khirwa • Tamil: மரம மரம் marama maram • Telugu: క్యలన్కి kyalanki
Regards. On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 6:45 PM, promila chaturvedi < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > >
