Dinesh: Your adjective of Magnificent or majestic for this tree makes me want to see the whole of the tree.. its spread and its canopy...
did you get to go far enough to photograph it in whole?? Makes me really want to see it... Second question, where there many or just this one? THIRD : more important question is: some ways I know how to know a oak's id is by looking at the leaves full face on, tip end, and back... and the acorn... outside and broken open.. just peeking under the shell ... and tasting it.. they tend to be bitter when growing in tropical or semitropical areas, so I won't hold you up to have had tasted it.. ha ha... Do you have these additional pics and data? usha di =======... On Nov 27, 4:58 am, Kenneth Greby <fstf...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dinesh-- > > I actually do believe it is an oak (or something else in Fagaceae), but I > tend to doubt that it is Q. oblongata (Q. leucotrichophora.) This is the only > Indian oak that is occasionally seen in the US. Sadly, I'm even less familiar > with your other oak species. :( > > Sorry for the confusion. Hopefully someone else has more experience here. > > Regards-- > Ken. > > --- On Sat, 11/26/11, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [efloraindia:96432] DV :: 16NOV11 - 0917 :: ¿ Oak tree ? > roadside planted - Ooty > To: "Kenneth Greby" <fstf...@yahoo.com> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 7:14 AM > > Many thanks Ken. My guide had told me, it could possibly be an Oak tree. > Your quick response gives me confidence in thinking it to be not an Oak !! :) > Let us wait for comment(s). > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Kenneth Greby <fstf...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Sorry Dinesh-- > > I'm not familiar with many Indian oaks. Doesn't look like the Google images > of Q. oblongata/Q. leucotrichophora. Nice-looking tree. > > Regards-- > Ken. > > --- On Sat, 11/26/11, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > Subject: [efloraindia:96432] DV :: 16NOV11 - 0917 :: ¿ Oak tree ? roadside > planted - Ooty > To: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 6:55 AM > > Dear friends, ... ID please. > > Place: along Avalanche Road in Ooty (~ 7259 ft asl), Tamilnadu > Time: November > 16, 2011 at 9.17am > Habit: large majestic tree > > Habitat: planted along roadside > > Plant: about 15 - 20 m high, equally wide > Inflorescence: catkin, about 8 - 15 cm long X about 1 cm wide > Flower: about 7-8 mm across > > Regards.
