Thanks for sharing another interesting plant Raman ji
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:58 AM, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to wait for the beautiful flowers. > > Nauclea orientalis is a species of tree in the Rubiaceae family. It is > commonly known as the Leichhardt tree and yellow cheesewood, among other > names. It grows to a maximum of around 30 m (98 ft) in height and has large > glossy leaves. It bears spherical clusters of fragrant flowers that develop > into golf ball-sized edible but bitter fruits. The yellowish to orange soft > wood is also used for timber and in woodcarving and folk medicine. It is > native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia > > Raman >
