Pictures posted here by Raghu ji are of *Strychnos potatorum*. Tamil name: Thethaan, Thethaangkottai தேத்தான், தேத்தாங்கொட்டை Local use: Seeds are used to treat unclear water to make it potable.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > Agree with H.S. & Prof. Singh. This is not Diospyros montana. Sending > photographs of the leaves of a saplings at my farm for comparison. > Also have serious doubts that the tree in the link provided below by Raghu > is actually D.montana. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Fri, 5/20/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:69863] Diospyros montana tree - fruiting > To: "H S" <[email protected]> > Cc: "raghu ananth" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 20, 2011, 8:18 PM > > > Yes it may not be Diospyros. In addition to opposite leaves the persistent > enlarged calyx of Diospyros is missing. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:54 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > > To me it doesnt look like D. montana.. > reason: 1. venation on leaf margin not like of D. montana.. > 2. Here leaves look opp. whereas in D. montana more or less alternate.. > > On 5/20/11, raghu ananth > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Diospyros montana tree - fruiting, a forest variety > > > > (Vernacular: Jagala ganti mara meaning Quarrelsome tree, Hope the ID is > > correct) > > > > Bandipura forest, Karnataka > > 07 Jan 2011 3:47PM > > > > An earlier discussion link on Diospyros montana > > > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/d9d83eedfb8abb67/80c537de63ea863b?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=jagala+ganti#80c537de63ea863b > > > > > > Regards > > Raghu > > > -- > - H.S. > > A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of > stone > > > > >
