This should be a palm!! from Palmaceae. I may be wrong but fruits in your hand is seems much bigger than the one on tree... Pankaj
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 12:30 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > Local name. Ram Adike, Ramana Adike (areca) > Myristica magnifica (Fam. Myristicaceae) > (Hope the ID is correct) > Tall tree, 100 feet plus approx. > fruit size-large, 7cms approx > Areca farm, > Ameenahalli, Uttara Kannada > Regards > Raghu > -- *********************************************** "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
