Mr. Bhattacharya has mentioned that this is a tree. --- On Fri, 29/10/10, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:52352] A tree from Buxa Tiger Reserve To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Shantanu Bhattacharya" <[email protected]>, "Dr. Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>, "TANAY BOSE" <[email protected]>, "rajdeo singh" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, 29 October, 2010, 8:30 PM Resurfacing again for ID confirmation Earlier feedback Rajdeo ji...........................................It is Premna coriacea, from family Verbenaceae. An extensive climber. found in western ghats. -- 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: Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 12:41 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:45800] A tree from Buxa Tiger Reserve To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Hi during my viisit to the Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal (Jalpiaguri dist) in June 2010, i found that different birds were attracted towards a fruiting tree. It was a large tree with small violt berry-like fruits. I found many species like Spot-winged starlings, Chloropsis, Black-crested bulbuls, Green pigeons and even insectivorous Lesser Yellownape woodpeckers relishing the juicy berries of this tree. I spent a lot of time under that tree to watch and photograph the birds. Can some give the ID of this tree from the images given below? (Buxa Tiger Reserve is a moist deciduous forest in the foothills of the Himalayas covering a large area, and is thought to be the extension of Manas Reserve of Assam). regards Shantanu : )
