Yes Dineshji, *O.dioca* have serrated leaf margin in younger stages but as a tree the serration blunts. So we difficult to justify based on lea morphology. These ellipsoid fruits remind me of *O.dioca* only.
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... (ref. elforindia:72243) is at > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/dlEgKfX5SGY/discussion > > Giby ji ... agreeing to your point that pictures that do not show features > to support ID are not effective. > About *Olea dioica*: leaf margin may not be always serrated ... here are > some of photos of what I believe are of *Olea dioica* ... please correct > me if they seem ambiguous. > > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Olea+dioica&w=91314344%40N00&s=rec > 1) Feb 27, 2011 ... Matheran ... 2039 ft > 2) Feb 18, 2009 ... Matheran ... ~2000 ft > 3) Jan 17, 2009 ... Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary ... ~2000 ft > 4) Apr 7, 2008 ... near Lion's Point, Lonavala ... ~ 2500 ft > 5) Feb 16, 2008 ... Mahabaleshwar ... ~ 4000 ft > > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 9:32 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The size of the fruits needs to be given. If they are about 3-4 cm >> then this could be Beilschmeidia dalzellii of Lauraceae. Regards, >> Shrikant >> >> On Jun 24, 1:59 pm, Satish Nikam <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Dear All, >> > This refers to my earlier query on this same subject(ref. >> elforindia:72243).This plant has been tentatively identified by Dineshji as >> Oleo dioica.In Feb 11 I had queried about a plant which was identified as >> Oleo dioica.Then I had gone through Dineshjis photos on flickr,which I often >> do, and had come across a plant named Oleo dioica.Since then I was confused >> as both looked different.So I tracked this plant to see further >> development,but did not find these fruits afterwards.So there seems some >> mistake somewhere.I would like experts to clarify.Also I had mentioned that >> locals avoid this fruit,but they just say "jungli"and have no specific name >> for it. >> > thanks >> > regards >> > satish nikam >> > >> > IMG_5416-r.jpg >> > 49KViewDownload >> > >> > IMG_5417-r.jpg >> > 55KViewDownload >> > >> > IMG_5418-r.jpg >> > 38KViewDownload >> > >> > IMG_5419-r.jpg >> > 61KViewDownload >> > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org
