Satish ji, I think the flowers as seen in the first and last pictures are male. There is a distinction in the pedicels length and pattern and number of flowers of male and female. The male are yellowish, shortly pedicellate crowded, in rounded axillary clusters on the main or on short axillary branches. Female flowers are solitary or 2 to 3 together , greenish, in an axil, pedicels 8 -10 mm long. Drupes: 1-2 cm long, ellipsoid, rounded or pointed at the apex narrowed at the base, white-tomentose, with pedicles 1- 2.5 cm long; stone pointed, rugose, very hard. Ref: Dr. Almeida's flora Vol IV-B.
regards, Rashida. On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: > I have few pictures with flowers but can't say whether male or female. > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On 11 March 2011 12:56, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Our very popular tree *Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.* synonym Drypetes >> roxburghii (Wall.) Hurus was in the Euphorbiaceae family is now under >> the family of Putranjivaceae as per the Kew Plant List. Saw this huge tree >> in Feb. 2011 at Rani Baug, Mumbai. This is an evergreen tree, flowers in >> March -May. Flowers are dioeciuos. Male flowers in rounded axillary >> clusters on the main or on short axillary branches. Female flowers 1-3 in an >> axil; pedicels 8- 10 mm long. >> >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> > >
