Diospyros malabarica On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:36 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “*D.malabarica?”* from Mahadeswara ji. > > > > “Dear Renee: *Yes its D. malabarica*, called Gaab in bengali, is very > sweet, local monkeys eat it up before we can get it or the local > urchins, we have a couple of trees in the horticulture garden in > Kolkata. Ushadi” > > > > “yes the fruits *looks like D. malab*arica; but I have doubt about the > size of calyx and the leaves too.” from Muthu ji. > > "I was there with Renee.Even first we thought* it was D.malabarica but > it can't be for LOOK AT THE FLOWERS!..*.THEY LOOK LIKE MALE > FLOWERS...HOW CAN IT BEAR FRUITS? and that made us wonder what it > was....female flowers of D.malabarica are very different and male and > female occur on separate trees[it is monoecious tree].....MAY BE this > is an aberrant D.malabarica who is born as dioecious! ! ! > We were told it is vilayati Gab..and probably D.ebenum but D.ebenum > fruits are not so big! > thanking you all in advance.Usha[TAW]" > > "Thank you all for taking so much efforts to identify this mysterious > specie of Diospyros.....i am attaching the pictures of Diospyros > malabarica's male and female pictures and also of Diospyros unidentified > flowers, for comparison. > Regards, > Renee" > > "*Could this unidentified Diospyros sp. be Diospyros blancoi (Velvet > Apple)?* > Regards > Prashant" > "this is **Diospyros malabarica** (Desr.) Kostel. All. Med. Pharm. 1099, > 1834; Almeida, > Fl. Mah. *3:* 173, 2001; Singh *et al,* Fl. Mah. St.* 2:* 302, 1996. > *Synonyms: **Garcinia malabarica* Desr. in Link. Encyclop.* 3:* 701, 1792. > *D. > embryopteris* Pers., Syn. *2:* 624, 1807; Cooke, FI. Pres. Bombay *2:* 167, > > 1958 (Repr.). *D. peregrina* Gurke in Engl & Prantl. Natur. Pflanzen 4 > (*1*) > *:* 164, 1897 (non Pers., 1807). *Embryopteris peregrina* Gaertn., Fruct. * > > 1:* 145, 1788. *D. glutinosa* Koen. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. *2:* 533, 1832. *D. > citrifolia *Wall. ex DC., Prodr. *8:* 235, 1844. > berry depressed globular, reddish-brown, 2.8-3.5 cm across, with a hard > coat, covered with a *rusty easily detachable, reddish-brown granular, > scruffiness* . > Leaves coriaceous > regards satish pardeshi" as per thread: > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/af4387831ecd55bf?hl=en > # > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: renee vyas vyas <[email protected]> > Date: 8 April 2011 15:27 > Subject: [efloraofindia:66683] ID No.080411-RV 1 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear Friends, > > Plz ID this Diospyros...flowering in Rani Bagh, Mumbai. Found a ripe fruit > fallen under the same tree, a bit eaten by the bird.......a person from Rani > Bagh told me that the fruit can eaten, so I ate the pulp there n there and > found it very tasty. I have attached the photo of the ripe fruit along with > the 6 seeds which came out of it. > > Thanks & regards, > > Renee > > > > > > -- > 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 1630 members & > 73,000 messages on 30/6/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of > around 5000 species) > > -- - H.S. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone
