I guess i needed to have reframed the question slightly. How long (years?) does Manilkara take to bear fruit from its birth as a sapling?
rakesh On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Giby Kuriakose <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com>wrote: > I have got reference only on flowering. Flowering of M. hexandra is during > August- December. > I assume the fruiting would be around January-April. > > > Regards, > Giby > > > > On 15 September 2011 20:37, Rakesh Biswas <rakesh7bis...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Usha di and Ms Promila for your valuable inputs. >> >> warm regards, >> >> rakesh >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:46 PM, ushadi Micromini < >> microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear Rakesh: I needed to dig out my old pictures.. by March/april >>> Manlkara are done flowering and fruiting... ie did not get any flowers or >>> fruits pictures... there is one at KolbotGand and another set is of one in >>> VicM G ... both were full of green leaves but none of the fruits or >>> flowers... had some ripe wrinkled fruits on the ground... did they belong to >>> the same tree(s) ? cant say... need to look in the fall and winter >>> to follow up.. >>> now that you have asked, I will.. keep an eye ... >>> >>> Usha di >>> >>> == >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:48 PM, promila chaturvedi < >>> thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Mr. Biswas, >>>> I remeber my childhood. During summer vacation all of us (children) go >>>> to our village to be with our grand pa. There was a large Khirni tree. >>>> During our stay (May-June ) we used to get of khirni plucked (known as Jhar >>>> karna) and eat the ripe -sweet and sticky fruits. >>>> Promila >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: Rakesh Biswas <rakesh7bis...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: 3 June 2011 14:49 >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:70976] Fruiting time from Sapling in Manilkara >>>>> Hexandra. >>>>> To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Would be grateful to know what is the fruiting time in years from a >>>>> sapling in 'Khirni/manilkara hexandra.' >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> >>>>> rakesh >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) >>>>> 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 1700 members >>>>> & 79,000 messages on 31/8/11) or Efloraofindia website: >>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>>>> of around 5500 species) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >
