Hi Dinesh, You could be right, but the first photograph is of a 25 - 30 ft. tall tree. Regards, Neil.
--- On Tue, 2/22/11, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:63392] Re: ID request - 20022011-PKA1 To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: "shrikant ingalhalikar" <[email protected]>, "Prashant awale" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 11:33 PM Neil ji ... my belief (could be wrong) ... leaves of young tree (or sapling) of Trewia nudiflora look like this ... matured tree does not show leaves in the same fashion. Regards. Dinesh. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Just to put things in perspective. The leaves of Prashant's tree dont look anything like this. Sending photographs of 2 of my Trewia nudiflora trees at my farm at Shahapur. Regards, Neil Soares. --- On Tue, 2/22/11, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: From: Prashant awale <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:63333] Re: ID request - 20022011-PKA1 To: "shrikant ingalhalikar" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 2:12 PM Thanks Shrikant ji for yr response . regards Prashant On 2/22/11, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> wrote: > Prashant ji, I appreciate your keen observation. I am seeing pictures > of this (female) tree for the first time but can say that this is > female plant of T. nudiflora. Globose woody fruits with 3 yellow > styles can be seen on long stout peduncles. The leaves also tally > though Rashida ji and Neil ji seem to differ. The other tree posted in > another post is a male tree of the same sp. clearly showing flowers > with stamens in pedulous racemes. The female tree is fruiting so the > male tree had to be around, good you got both together. Why not search > for another Trewia polycarpa which has female flowers in racemes and > the fruits are 8 mm, ovoid instead of 3 cm, globose as in T. > nudiflora. I have been searching for this tree for last several years. > Keep it up. Regards, Shrikant > > On Feb 20, 9:41 pm, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dear Friends, >> >> Seen this tree on the way to Matheran Hill. >> >> Date/Time: 19-02-2011 / 11:50AM >> Habitat: Wild >> Plant Habit: Tree >> >> regards >> Prashant >> >> IMG_4908.jpg >> 124KViewDownload >> >> IMG_4909.jpg >> 204KViewDownload >> >> IMG_4911.jpg >> 190KViewDownload >> >> IMG_4906.jpg >> 169KViewDownload >> >> IMG_4914.jpg >> 117KViewDownload

