This could be a species of Saprosma of Rubiaceae family. Please smell the crushed leaf and if it gives a foul/unpleasant smell then you can check with other characters of this genus to reach the species.
Regards, Giby On 30 September 2012 11:43, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Probably its *Ardisia* species - from Anil Rajbhar ji. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 20 September 2012 15:56 > Subject: [efloraofindia:131718] Valparai: Tree for identification > 200912MK02 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > Please help me in identifying this small tree found in the wet forests of > Valparai area of Western Ghats. I have no idea of this species. > > Height: 2-3 metres > Leaf: 15-20cm long > Fruit: 1 cm across > > Date: 01 August 2012 > Place: near Sholayar dam, Valparai, TN > Alt.: 1050 m asl > Habitat: Shola edge > > -- > 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 1950 members & > 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) 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'. > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Assistant Professor PG and Research Department of Botany Sacred Heart College Thevara Kochi- 682 013 Kerala, India Phone - +914844044436 (office) +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby --
