I would like to share some more information...................... The botanical name is of particular historical and geographical interest in South Africa. ‘Flacourtia’ honours E. de Flacourt (1607-60), a governor of Madagascar, who knew the Cape before van Riebeeck, and indica indicates that the east is equally the home of this little tree of the Transvaal bushveld.(REF> http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/products/AFDbases/AF/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=872 ) Secondly Flacourtia is a host plant for the butterfly Common Leopard. Dr Phadke
On 23 January 2011 14:52, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think this is Flacourtia latifolia T.Cooke. Please validate. > A small tree flowering presently (23 Jan 2010) on Vetal Tekdi Pune. > Armed with sharp spines. Leaves ovate, obovate alternate with serrate margins red petiole. > Flowers yellow with many stamens. No styles or stigmas visible. Size 0.5 cm or so. in small racemes. > Dr Phadke
