Casearia most probably graveolens

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On Aug 24, 7:55 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Resurfacing again for ID confirmation
>
> Earlier feedback
> Satish Phadke ji.............................................I think
> *Flacourtia
> indica* has more number of stamens than depicted in this flower......
> Vijayasankar ji................................................I know what
> Dinesh ji is going to say, *Casearia* species isn't it ji?
> Sweedle ji......................................................This
> is *Casearia
> ovata *(Lamk.) Willd.* *of family Flacourtiaceae. It was profusely flowering
> in mid June at Yeoor and many insects like butterflies, bees and flies were
> fluttering around it to feed on its nectar.
> Giby ji...........................................................This is
> not Flacaurtia, for sure, and for Casearia...... Well, a good close up of
> leaf would make life easy, I guess. it seems that the leaves are serrated
> and the venations is very much different from both the
> genus.............................................................Blepharistemma
> serratum (old name B corymbosum) of Rhizophoraceae family. So far reported
> from Kerala and Karnataka only*. *A rare, endemic (Western Ghats) species.
> Small/medium sized tree.
> Rashida ji.......................................................These
> cannot be Blepharistemma serratum because as per Biotik database they have
> simple,  opposite leaves, interpetiolar and caducous. Both shobha ji's and
> Dinesh ji's pictures show alternate leaves and leaf margins also do not
> match Blepharistemma serratum. The pictures cannot be Casearia ovata either
> leaves, margins and flowers not matching.
>
> The search I think continues.
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: shobha chavda <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:13 PM
> Subject: [efloraofindia:38862] Flacourtia indica
> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]>
>
> Dear All,
> Sharing few photos of Flacourtia indica seen in Yeoor on last Sunday.I saw
> these beautiful flowers first time.
> Shobha
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