... *Kydia calycina*, just as Satish ji pointed. The flower in posted photo is female flower. The plant bears male and female flowers.
Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > *Kydia calycina* > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:25 PM, jui pethe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Need assistance in identification, >> Location: Harshul, trimbakeshwar, Nashik >> Habit: Tree large, about 15 to 20 mt tall >> Bark: peeling, dark brown, younger parts white >> Leaves: alternate, simple. trilobed but not conspicuous >> size: more wide than long 15 cm x 20 cm >> venation: 5 main veins, palmate. >> petioles: 6 to 8 cm long. 1 gland at the base >> leaf scar visible on stem. >> Flowering in clusters and while the plant had leaves >> flowers dried had 4 to 5 persistent sepals app 2 com long while the >> petals were also seen but small and curled inwards >> >> the twigs were difficult to break and had long fibres like the tiliaceae, >> malvaceae, sterculiaceae group. >> probably a member of Sterculiaceae.... >> >> >> -- >> *Jui Pethe* >> >> Senior Research Fellow, >> NAIP-ICAR Project, >> Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University >> Nashik >> >> > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
