yes I agree with Navendu that this must be a species of Lasianthus. Flowering branch would help in species id.
Regards Giby On 17 November 2012 13:17, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Rubiaceae, Its a *species of Lasianthus > *Navendu > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 5 November 2012 13:28 > Subject: [efloraofindia:137382] Nilgiris: Shola tree for identification > 051112MK02 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > > Please help me to identify this short tree species found in the Shola > (Temperate Montane forests). The height is not more that 2.5 metres and > branched profusely. Is this any Myrtaceae? > > Leaf: 15 cm long > Fruit: 0.75 cm > > Date: 21 Oct 2012 > Place: Mukruti NP, Nilgiris, TN > > -- > 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 2000 members & > 1,37,000 messages on 31/10/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 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 --
