Hi, My take - your tree is C.graveolens while the shrub discussed previously [and the ones on my property at Shahapur] are C.ovata. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Thu, 7/19/12, radha veach <[email protected]> wrote: From: radha veach <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:122200] Casearia ovata at Matheran To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Thursday, July 19, 2012, 5:19 PM 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
