Usha Di, A description at FoC - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006384
I ask the same question too....! Regards, surajit On Monday, 18 April 2011 11:43:28 UTC+5:30, usha desai wrote: > > THANK YOU VIPLAV FOR SHARING THIS. > > Friends > Kandivali [North suburb of Mumbai] has many Sand Paper Trees. > As Viplav told me this should be declared AS The Tree of Kandivali as it > is one of the original flora of the area. > What is interesting is the tree is supposed to be dioecious[male and > female flower on separate trees.]..but Viplav saw both on the same tree , > it also had fruits...male flowers are in group and easy to notice but for > female ,it is solitary and really tiny so one has to hunt for > it....PROBABLY VIPLAV IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS MANAGED TO GET IT > PHOTOGRAPHED...GOOGLE SEARCH WAS FUTILE... > My question to learned botanist is how does one explain that a dioecious > tree is presenting as monoecious.....many trees where we saw male flowers > had fruits....female flowers are dificult to locate.. Thanking you all in > advance. > yrs sincerely Usha Desai [TAW] > > On 16 April 2011 18:38, sheetal chaudhari <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> ohh wow, have never seen this tree in flowering stage >> >> Thanks Viplav Ji >> >> regards, >> Sheetal Pachpande >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:25 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> < >> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> Sharing some pictures of the female flowers & fruit of the Sandpaper >>> Tree [Streblus asper] observed in Kandivali, North Mumbai. >>> >>> I rarely indulge in photography and am grateful to my friend Hitendra >>> Agrawal for agreeing to join me and photographing these. >>> >>> I joined this group in July 2010 and keep learning thanks to the >>> unceasing efforts of the active members. >>> >>> Best wishes, Viplav >>> >> >> > --
