This is likely to be Croton aromaticus. navendu
On 16 August 2012 13:56, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “It looks like a Croton sp. to me... > > Regards > Vijayasankar Raman” > > > "It is looking like Drypetes brownii Standl. and it is mainly distributed > in Mexico, South America, Belize and Costa Rica" from Umesh ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 7 August 2012 17:53 > Subject: [efloraofindia:123688] Euphorbiaceae Tree for identification > 070812MK01 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > Please help me to identify this tree species found in a rain forest near > Valparai. The fruits are c.3cm long and leaf around 10cm long. Is this > Dryptes sp.? > > Date: 30 July 2012 > Place: Valparai, TN > Alt.: 950 m asl > Habitat: border of evergreen forest > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1900 members & > 1,23,300 messages on 31/7/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Navendu Page PhD student Kartik Shanker's Lab Center for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012 Ph: +91 9611053510 --
