Hello, Sonneratia apetala only On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
> ... 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 < > thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> 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. <satishparde...@gmail.com>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 <tabi...@gmail.com> 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 <tabi...@gmail.com> 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 <sahanipan...@gmail.com> 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 >>> >> >> > -- Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, Research Student, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
