This could be a male plant of *Flacourtia ramontchi*. We have discussed this earlier also, I think. Again there is difference of opinion about its synonymy with F. indica.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:57 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Satish Phadke <[email protected]> > Date: 23 January 2011 14:52 > Subject: [efloraofindia:60966] Flacourtia species for ID. > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > 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 > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1580 members & > 66,000 messages on 30/3/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of > around 4500 species) > >
