Yes Shrikant ji I hope you are right. The fruits do lokk like Aleurites. We have one tree of A. moluccana in DU campus that mostly produces lobed leaves, but a few un-lobed ones do look like this, though narrower and gradually tapered.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:57 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com>wrote: > This can be Aleurites fordii or moluccana, need to see closeup of > leaves and also a picture of flowers when possible. Regards, Shrikant > > On May 2, 4:24 pm, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Please validate this tree. > > Date: 15 Apr 2011; 05:00PM > > Location: near ESHA foundation, Coimbatore dist., TN > > Habitat: planted in garden > > > > 4 - 5 M height tree with 10x8cm leaves bearing fruits of c.6cm across. I > had > > not observed flowers here. Is this a Euphorbiaceae member? > > > > -- > > Muthu Karthick, N > > Care Earth Trust > > #15, second main road, > > Thillai ganga nagar, > > Chennai - 600 061 > > Mob: 0091 96268 33911www.careearthtrust.org > > > > G 301.jpg > > 191KViewDownload > > > > G 298.jpg > > 373KViewDownload > > > > G 299.jpg > > 200KViewDownload > > > > G 300.jpg > > 200KViewDownload
