This may be* Mallotus polycarpus* (= *Trewia polycarpa*). Pl check this link: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/pe0N9TV-N48
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 1:16 AM, harithasandhya <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Surajit ji and friends, > > I think this are the the fruits of Trewia nudiflora. I had seen similar > fruits last year in Palakkad, Kerala. > The id of the tree was confirmed by a botanist friend of mine. > Unfortunately I couldn't photograph the fruits then. > As you said the fruits in the earlier posts by Pravin ji and Dinesh ji > does look different and it confuses me too. > Hopefully our experts will help to solve this confusion. > > Regards, > Sandhya > > > On Wednesday, 2 May 2012 23:57:27 UTC+5:30, surajit koley wrote: >> >> Sir, >> >> Attaching fruit images of *Trewia nudiflora* L. that i recorded this >> morning. >> But i am very confused regarding the ID. The fruits of *Trewia nudiflora* >> available >> in the net do not match with mine. >> Even earlier efI posts by Pravin Ji (https://groups.google.com/** >> forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/**indiantreepix/trewia$** >> 20nudiflora/indiantreepix/**mvDKkA64exE/zqi5jokubhQJ<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/indiantreepix/trewia$20nudiflora/indiantreepix/mvDKkA64exE/zqi5jokubhQJ>) >> and Dinesh Ji (https://groups.google.com/**forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/** >> indiantreepix/trewia$**20nudiflora/indiantreepix/** >> lbkwF5QPYgY/5-0xsfwX6XsJ<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/indiantreepix/trewia$20nudiflora/indiantreepix/lbkwF5QPYgY/5-0xsfwX6XsJ>) >> show different fruits. >> >> If the fruits in these attached images are not of *Trewia nudiflora* then >> my earlier post of the very same tree (https://groups.google.com/** >> forum/?fromgroups#!topic/**indiantreepix/cl3zczbsij8<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21topic/indiantreepix/cl3zczbsij8>) >> is not *Trewia nudiflora*. >> >> Also attaching pictures of a red-whiskered bulbul & a white-throated >> kingfisher (State bird of West Bengal), perched on another *Trewia*tree, >> alongwith. >> >> >> Species : *Trewia nudiflora* L. ??? >> Habit & Habitat : tree, roadside plantation >> Date : 02-05-2012, 10.30 a.m. >> Place : Gobra (Hooghly), WB >> ID help : >> http://www.plantphoto.cn/tu.**aspx?id=58571<http://www.plantphoto.cn/tu.aspx?id=58571> >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> >
