Perhaps by analogy with Australian "Blue marble Tree" , the cobalt shiny marble - sized fruits of E.angustifolius look like blue marbles .
A.Sinha Earlier Responses" Why is it called marble tree? Raman Nice set of pics. Thanks a lot for sharing. Any idea, why it is called Marble Tree? Pankaj On Saturday, December 1, 2012 5:17:01 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: raman <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: 19 January 2012 11:45 > Subject: [efloraofindia:104694] Bangalore - RA - Elaeocarpus variabilis - > South Indian Marble Tree (Please Confirm) > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > --

