Dear Vijayasankar ji / Dr. Gurucharan ji, The plant is not Lannea coromandelica. L.c. is a very common avenue tree in Chennai. I have beautiful photographs of this plant . I will post them after searching from my old files. Regards, Mahadeswara Swamy.
On Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:08:55 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh 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/ > >
