Hi Renee, the first pic shows the female flower and 5 stigmas (pentandra) on top of the ovary. The second pic shows a mature female flower with just the ovary, the fruit is usually 5 cm, globose, hard and woody. Regards,
On Apr 4, 2:49 pm, renee vyas vyas <reneevy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > After a lull of a short period, there is another very pleasant wave of > flowering of trees of Rani Bagh, Mumbai. > > Sharing some pictures of Hydnocarpus pendandra from Flacourtiaceae family. > > Regards, > > Renee > > flower of Hydnocarpus pentandra 4_1.jpg > 282KViewDownload > > fruit of Hydnocarpus pentandra 2_1.JPG > 234KViewDownload > > Hydnocarpus pentandra flower_1.JPG > 310KViewDownload > > A leaf of Hydnocarpus pentandra_1.JPG > 259KViewDownload > > Hydnocarpus pentandra leaves_1.JPG > 253KViewDownload
