My dear Giby and Vijay Those reddish bark and branching patterns do not point towards arjuna... Pankaj
On Mar 23, 11:59 am, Smilax004 <[email protected]> wrote: > The presence of one/two gland/s on the base of the back side of leaves > are characteristics of most of the species of Terminalia. > > The tree in the picture could be mostly T. arjuna. > By the way, do you have a close up of the leaf of this plant? What was > the vegetation type? Evergreen or Deciduous? > > Regards, > Giby > > On Mar 23, 8:53 am, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Would like to add one more characteristic to the above : two glands on each > > side can be seen at the back of the leaf on the leaf stalk. This is > > very characteristic of Terminalia arjuna. > > > regards, > > Rashida. > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Vijayasankar > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > To some extent it looks like T.arjuna. You may like to do the following to > > > confirm the id: > > > 1. Pl look for fallen fruits (5-winged/angled) and leaves (simple, > > > unlobed, > > > oblong-lanceolate...), and share the pictures here. > > > 2. make a slight cut in the bark to observe fleshy pinkish red inner bark. > > > 3. observe the habitat. T.arjuna usually grows near watercourses. > > > 4. try to record the local name & use of the tree. > > > > Regards > > > > Vijayasankar Raman > > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > > University of Mississippi > > > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:15 AM, PUTTARAJU K > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> tO MY KNOWLEDGE THIS IS t.aRJUNA,pL COMMENT > > > >> Date/Time-: 13/03/11 - 1 1:40 > > > >> Location- Place, Altitude - Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs > > > >> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild > > > >> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Tree > > > >> Height/Length-17m > > > >> -- > > >> With Regards, > > >> PUTTARAJU K, > > >> SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, > > >> KAIGA ATOMIC POWER PLANT, > > >> POST-KAIGA, U.K.DISTRICT, > > >> KARNATAKA -581400 > > >> MOB : 9448999150 > > >> EMAIL : [email protected] > > >> [email protected]
