Surprised to know that it is a gall. It looks just like fruit! On 1 March 2011 22:08, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for resurfacing this for discussion. Vijayasankar > ji is right. I discussed this with Dr Jayakara Bhandary (Associate Professor > of Botany, Government Science College,Karwar) and here is his response.. > > *Those spinous fruit-like structures are insect galls, commonly seen on > stems of Hopea spp. If you disect them, you may find larvae inside.* > > > In fact i almost took it for granted that these are some fruits. Its > something totally new to me. > > regards > Prashant >
