Dear Tanay Your half sentences sometimes can cause confusion. Yes the fruits of two species are definitely different, much longer, narrower and free in W. tinctoria shorter, broader and connate in W. arborea (W. tomentosa).
W. arborea: Follicles connate, 15-18 cm long, 1.25-2 cm wide (total width 3-4 cm), cylindric, pendulous, grooved at the union of the carpels, beaked, striate with white dots all over W. tinctoria: Follicles 25-50 long, free, 6-8 mm wide, united at the apex when young, cylindrical, glabrous, pendulous, striate. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Dr. Arvind Kadus < [email protected]> wrote: > > Is it Wrightia tomentosa sir? > Dr.Kadus Arvind,Pune. > On Sep 14, 9:49 pm, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tanay, > > Desist from any comparisons. This is the genuine article. > > Regards, > > Neil. > > > > --- On Tue, 9/14/10, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: tanay bose <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:47339] Wrightia arborea fruiting > > To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:55 PM > > > > The fruit looks quite different > > Tanay > > > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Was at my farm at Shahapur over the weekend. Wrightia arborea > [W.tomentosa], locally called Tambda Kuda, was fruiting. This tree had > recently featured in one of our discussions. > > Sending a few photographs. > > With regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > > -- > > > > Tanay Bose > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > [email protected]
