Thank you Vijayasankar Ji for the ID of this fruit. I thought, except that wing or keel that it lacks on its body, it resembled the pictures of immature *Heritiera littoralis* available at -
1. http://www.peakoil.org.au/dave.kimble/rainforest/lot11-g-z/heritiera.littoralis.immature-fruits.jpg 2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/54527470@N00/6143127923 3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildsingapore/6143127993/ 4. http://wildshores.blogspot.in/2011/09/elevating-mangroves-with-rick.html However, fruit size of *Cerbera odollam*, available at http://ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=2603, very much indicates that it is *Cerbera odollam*. Regards, surajit On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Surajit ji, it looks like *Cerbera odollam* (Apocynaceae). > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:23 AM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> My colleague, Mr. Arnab Banerji, took this fruit from his mother to show >> me and confirm its ID. His mother who visited >> Sundarban<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundarbans> last >> week collected this fruit there and have been informed that this is a >> SUNDARI (Bengali) fruit. >> >> The book, "Plant Groups", informs SUNDARI tree is *Heritiera minor* Roxb., >> while 'The Plant List' informs it is *Heritiera minor* (Gaertn.) >> Roxb<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2846324>. >> which in turn is a synonym of *Heritiera fomes* >> Buch.-Ham<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2846309> >> . >> >> A description of the above is available at - >> http://www.biosearch.in/publicOrganismPage.php?id=113614 >> >> I attach three views of the same fruit, which is compressed like a >> "litti" <http://nishamadhulika.com/files/Litti_Chokha_469434668.jpg>, >> but one face is slightly convex while the opposite face is a bit concave at >> the middle ridge. The third view is a side view. >> >> Is this *Heritiera fomes* Buch.-Ham. fruit? >> >> Species : UNKNOWN >> Habit & Habitat : Mangrove tree >> Date : collected on 7/9/12, photographed on 11/9/12 >> Place : West Bengal >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > --
