Thanks a lot Garg ji and Satish ji. Regards Prashant On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:03 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> A reply: > "to me it is > Diospyros ebenum Koen. ex. Retz. Phys. Salsk. Handl. 1: 176. 1780; Cl. > in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 558, 1881; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: > 163, 1958 (Repr.); Singh et al, Fl. Mah. St. 2: 299, 2001. > Synonyms: D. nigra Almeida, Fl. Mah. 3: 175, 2001; Sapota nigra > Gmellin, Syst. 750, 1783-93. D. assimillis Bedd. Madras for. ep. 20, > t. 1. 1866. D. nigricans Dalz. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 558, > 1881. D. sapota Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 535, 1832. D. ebenaster Retz., Obs. > Bot. 5: 31, 1789. > Common names: Black sapota, Ceylon ebony, Abnus, Kare, Malya, Sapota nigro. > Medium-sized evergreen tree, 300-500 cm high; bark hard, dark brown; > branches pendulous, young branches silky pubescent; leaves distichous, > oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute to acuminate, base round, > margin slightly undulate, 10-15 x 4-5.5 cm, deep green above, whitish > or yellowish-green and villous beneath, coriaceous, young leaves > pinkish, densely silky, midrib prominent, lateral nerves numerous, not > very prominent; petiole pubescent, 0.8-1cm long. > regards > satish pardeshi" > > On 5 November 2011 14:13, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> A reply from Dr. Nataraj H R: >> "*Diospyros malbarica* called Tinduka in Ayurveda" >> >> >> >> “Considering the nature of fruiting calyx this could, *most probably not >> Diospyros blancoi* ( new name is Diospyros discolor). In Diospyros >> blancoi the fruiting calyx is very small. >> >> I *doubt this as D malabarica* as well because the leaves in the >> pictures are hairy whereas, in D. malabarica it is glabrous. Further >> the leaf vernation is not that of D. malabarica I like presentation of >> the plant with most of the details/characters are available in the given >> pictures. I would like to see the whole tree as well if possible because >> most species of the genus Diospyros keep a unique architecture and >> branching pattern. >> >> With these details I will go for a try and get back. >> >> Your pictures are tempting us to follow as a model. >> >> Thanks and Regards >> Giby” >> >> >> >> “Will it be possible to check whether the leaves are coriaceous, bright >> red when young and hairy always (young as well as mature ones)?. If the >> tree is closer to you or some of your friends, may be. >> Regards, >> Giby” >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Prashant awale <[email protected]> >> Date: 14 April 2011 09:49 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:67124] Diospyros blancoi??140411-PKA1 >> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> Few days back Renee Vyas ji has posted one Diospyros sp. for ID. I happen >> to meet her at Jijamata Udyan and she had shown same tree to me. I am >> sharing the photographs of Flowers and fruits. Could this be *Diospyros >> blancoi (Velvet Apple)?? >> >> *Date/Time: 09-04-2011 / 01:15PM >> Location: Veer Jijamata Udyan (Ranibag), Mumbai >> Habitat: Cultivated >> Plant Habit; Tree >> >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 1740 members & >> 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6000 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > 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 1740 members & > 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
