Gurcharan ji, I think this is not Boswellia serrata. It somewhat resembles Lannea coromandelica.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:08 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sir Ji. > The tree looks quite like Boswellia serrata as you mentioned. > Tanay > > > On 25 April 2012 21:38, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Having little knowledge about tropical and subtropical trees (except some >> growing in Delhi), I tend to mix them. This was the tree growing along >> Nainital lake and known as Bangar (as a local told me). The other tree >> identified by Satish ji as Lannea coromedelica grows common along hillsides. >> >> Could this be what Nidhan ji suggested as Boswellia serrata, a very wild >> guess though. Perhaps two forms are growing side by side, one with >> perfectly green leaves and one having leaves with reddish tinge. >> >> -- >> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Webpages:* > UBC Botany , Berbee Lab <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html> > UBC Botany, People <http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html> > EfloraofIndia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> > > >
