This is not Manilkara kauki for sure. The leaf apex is supposed to be slightly bilobed, here it is acute. Pankaj
Pankaj On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with you Dr. Gurcharan Singh Ji. > Regards > Yazdy. > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:24 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> Please give your opinion in light of the following last post by me >> lthough not seen these trees personally, I think two things are >> worth focusing. Renee ji's plant has leaves with long petioles and >> undersurface of leaves is white. Chrysophyllum cainito has leaves with much >> smaller petioles and undersurface covered with brownish tomentum. Now >> comparing the two species of Manilkara, the sapota tree M. sapota has again >> leaves with much shorter petioles and undersurface is green, whereas M. >> kauki has distinctly long-petioled leaves white on the undersurface. This >> fits with the above plant. >> 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/ >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: renee vyas vyas <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:22 AM >> Subject: [efloraofindia:44584] plant from North Goa >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> This too is for identification....this was a huge tree in Candolium, North >> Goa. >> >> Regards, >> >> Renee >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
