Extremely sorry Surajit ji I thought I read T. bellirica in your subject line. Any way that proves we both think this to be T. chebula. Any way T. chebula has 2-4 glands 1-5 mm below the tip, easily seen in your 2nd, third and fifth photograph, since they are found on the upper side (so not seen in fourth).
-- 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/ On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Surajit ji > I wonder, you may not have mixed up more than one tree. Your first > photograph does look like Terminalia (853), but others taken at diiferent > times have (2578, 79, 82, 86) look different to me. Terminalis bellirica > has leaves clustered at tips of branches, they are mostly broader, obovate > to broadly elliptic with mucronate tip. Your photographs show leaves > distinctly narrowed at tip (acute to acuminate) and lateral veins 10-12 > pairs, whereas they should be 6-8 pairs in Terminalia bellirica. The tree > is often confused with Mahua (Madhuca latifolia) in which leaves are > pointed at tip, leaves with 10 or more pairs of veins. Please recheck your > trees. > > Your first photograph (and in that case others also if from same tree) I > speculate may belong to T. chebula > > > -- > 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/ > > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:12 AM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> Attaching images of what i think is *Terminalia* *chebula*. But where >> are the petiolar glands? >> >> Species : *Terminalia* *chebula* ??? >> Habit & Habitat : tree, roadside plantation >> Date : 21-03-12 (inflorescence), 26-04-12 (closeup of leaves) >> Place : Hooghly, WB >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> > > > > -- 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/
