Dear Drs. Kunhikannan and Mahadeshwaraswamy, The fruits are spherical like small marbles. There were no flowers when I managed to photograph the tree. The only pic I was able to view on the net was one of Premna serratiofolia and the fruit matched but not the leaves. Thanks for the clue. Rgds, Padmini Raghavan.
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:57 PM, C KUNHIKANNAN <[email protected]>wrote: > It is a species of Premna. Most likely P. tomentosa!! > kunhikannan > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Please help me id this tree growing on the premises of a Govt Office in > > Chennai. > > It had a very interesting trunk and had some butterflies hovering over > the > > fruit and flowers at the top of the tree. > > Thanks, > > Padmini Raghavan. > > > > -- > Dr. C.Kunhikannan, > Division of Biodiversity, > Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, > Forest Campus, R.S.Puram, > Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu. >
