many thanks, sandhya and neil for iding this regards mohina
On Oct 26, 1:00 pm, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Mohina, > Had also thought of the same thing. It looks like Vateria indica. Sending > you photographs of my V. indica sapling for comparison. > Regards, > Neil. > > --- On Tue, 10/26/10, harithasandhya <harithasand...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: harithasandhya <harithasand...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [efloraofindia:51897] Re: dipterocarpus species > To: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Cc: mohinamac...@gmail.com > Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 6:05 AM > > I think this is a seedling of Vateria indica (Vateria malabarica), the > white damar tree. We call it Vella payin in Malayalam. I too have > planted a few seedlings. It is a huge beautiful tree seen quite often > along riparian stretches in the Kerala Western Ghats. People tap it > for its resin and many a time unsustainable tapping kills the tree! > Regards, > Sandhya > > On Oct 22, 12:24 pm, Mohina Macker <mohinamac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I recently planted this dipterocarpus sapling, also known as uud in local > > parlance, in my place near alibaug. It would be really good if the species > > can be identified. > > Many thanks in advance > > mohina macker > > > dipterocarpus a.jpg > > 169KViewDownload > > > dipterocarpus 2a.jpg > > 212KViewDownload > > > dipterocarpus 3a.jpg > > 337KViewDownload > > > > Vateria indica 1.jpg > 179KViewDownload > > Vateria indica 2.jpg > 171KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
