Yes Cerbera odollam as indicated by Vijaya ji Tanay On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote:
> Well described! It looks like a Yellow-eyed pong pong tree (Cerbera > odollam), a coastal tree belonging to the family Apocynaceae; said to be > poisonous... > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 11:00 AM, shriharsha nitsture < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all >> >> Today at Gate way of India (Mumbai) just below the Shivaji Maharaj statue >> we observed a handsome tree as big as plumeria alba, with a dense canopy of >> large, pointy, smooth (?) about 25 to 30 cm long. Flowers: plumeria alba >> type white flowers with elephant apple type green fruits. The leaves were >> frangipany type. >> >> Regards >> >> shriharsha nitsure >> > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
