It is not necessarily be serrate always. I have seen both serrated and non-serrated leaves on the same individual. But serrated leaves is a character of this species. In younger plants the leaves are always serrated. The last two pictures are surely of a different species. I am not getting any clue. Do you have a picture to show the under surface of leaf.
Regards Giby On 30 December 2012 09:05, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Giby ji > I also thought so. > Actually I remember I had collected this specimen from the same tree for > close up photography later which I did on reaching home late in the night. > Somehow it appears different here(Last 2 photographs). At least I am happy > to know the tree whch I was trying to identify for a long time. > Any idea about the leaf edges ..do they have to be serrate?? > > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 9:01 PM, Giby Kuriakose > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The first two pictures are Olea dioica and the last two pictures are of a >> different species >> >> Regards >> Giby >> >> >> >> >> On 29 December 2012 15:29, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can it be Olea dioica? >>> >>> On Dec 28, 2012 8:50 PM, "Satish Phadke" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > A large tree in Shedani Devrai Mulshi.Near Pune. 16Dec 2012 >>> > Large drooping branches with opposite leaves. Racemes about 1 foot. >>> Individual buds 3-5mm. No open flowers observed >>> > Dr Satish Phadke >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > -- 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 --
