Pankaj ji Shorea I think usually has 3 wings (now five with the merger of Parashorea) Your plant has 5 wings, which should be Parashorea stellata Kurz, now correctly known as Shorea stellata (Kurz) Dyer The plant uploaded by Vijay ji has two wings, characteristic of Dipterocarpus (fruiting calx free from ovary; stipules large) and Anisoptera (fruiting calyx adnate to fruit; stipules small).
-- 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, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: > Just to add. > > It reminds about another Dipterocarpaceae member Shorea. Please see > attached Ecoport pictures. > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <pankajoud...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> In Tree Shade Therapy of your area the Healers suggest patients with poor >> vitality to sit in shade of this tree up to specific time. >> >> regards >> >> Pankaj Oudhia >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Vijay Anand Ismavel < >> ivijayan...@yahoo.in> wrote: >> >>> We have a few tall trees with these seeds which come twirling down when >>> they are ripe. The flowers are white with pink stripes. >>> >>> Location: Makunda Christian Hospital campus, Karimganj District, Assam >>> >>> Date; 14th May 2010 >>> >>> Equipment: Nikon D70 with Nikkor AF 28-105mm lens >>> >> >> >
