Hi, I'm not clear, are you saying my pics are not Casearia ovata? Is anyone else familiar with the species?
best regards, Radha On 19 July 2012 12:54, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Touche' ! Fair enough, but this tree definitely looks different from the > shrub under discussion. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Wed, 7/18/12, radhaveach <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: radhaveach <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:122200] Casearia ovata at Matheran > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 8:49 PM > > > Dear All, > > After our discussion a couple of weeks ago about Casearia graveolens and > Casearia ovata aka C. esculenta I have been hoping to get some pics to > send. (I hope Neil is reading this!) > Casearia ovata is common in the understorey of the evergreen forest on > Matheran and these pics were taken today and a few 5 days ago. Some of the > trees were flowering and all had new bright green leaves. I didn't see any > fruit. Due to low light and heavy rain it was quite difficult to get good > images. Trees have quite a horizontal branching habit and the largest ones > are about 20 ft tall. After looking at the flowers and leaves with a > magnifying glass I feel this id is correct, but I'm open to correction. > This species does not occur on the lower slopes of the mountain nor out in > the open areas - I walked all the way down and had a good look. Lower down > we see lots of C. graveolens. > > best regards, > Radha > >
