Garg ji, Satish ji, Thanks for the id. Regards, Aarti On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot Garg ji and Satish ji. > Regards > Prashant > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:03 AM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> A reply: >> "to me it is >> Diospyros ebenum Koen. ex. Retz. Phys. Salsk. Handl. 1: 176. 1780; Cl. >> in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 558, 1881; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: >> 163, 1958 (Repr.); Singh et al, Fl. Mah. St. 2: 299, 2001. >> Synonyms: D. nigra Almeida, Fl. Mah. 3: 175, 2001; Sapota nigra >> Gmellin, Syst. 750, 1783-93. D. assimillis Bedd. Madras for. ep. 20, >> t. 1. 1866. D. nigricans Dalz. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 558, >> 1881. D. sapota Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 535, 1832. D. ebenaster Retz., Obs. >> Bot. 5: 31, 1789. >> Common names: Black sapota, Ceylon ebony, Abnus, Kare, Malya, Sapota >> nigro. >> Medium-sized evergreen tree, 300-500 cm high; bark hard, dark brown; >> branches pendulous, young branches silky pubescent; leaves distichous, >> oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute to acuminate, base round, >> margin slightly undulate, 10-15 x 4-5.5 cm, deep green above, whitish >> or yellowish-green and villous beneath, coriaceous, young leaves >> pinkish, densely silky, midrib prominent, lateral nerves numerous, not >> very prominent; petiole pubescent, 0.8-1cm long. >> regards >> satish pardeshi" >> >> On 5 November 2011 14:13, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> A reply from Dr. Nataraj H R: >>> "*Diospyros malbarica* called Tinduka in Ayurveda" >>> >>> >>> >>> “Considering the nature of fruiting calyx this could, *most probably >>> not Diospyros blancoi* ( new name is Diospyros discolor). In Diospyros >>> blancoi the fruiting calyx is very small. >>> >>> I *doubt this as D malabarica* as well because the leaves in the >>> pictures are hairy whereas, in D. malabarica it is glabrous. Further >>> the leaf vernation is not that of D. malabarica I like presentation of >>> the plant with most of the details/characters are available in the given >>> pictures. I would like to see the whole tree as well if possible because >>> most species of the genus Diospyros keep a unique architecture and >>> branching pattern. >>> >>> With these details I will go for a try and get back. >>> >>> Your pictures are tempting us to follow as a model. >>> >>> Thanks and Regards >>> Giby” >>> >>> >>> >>> “Will it be possible to check whether the leaves are coriaceous, bright >>> red when young and hairy always (young as well as mature ones)?. If the >>> tree is closer to you or some of your friends, may be. >>> Regards, >>> Giby” >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 14 April 2011 09:49 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:67124] Diospyros blancoi??140411-PKA1 >>> To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> Few days back Renee Vyas ji has posted one Diospyros sp. for ID. I >>> happen to meet her at Jijamata Udyan and she had shown same tree to me. I >>> am sharing the photographs of Flowers and fruits. Could this be *Diospyros >>> blancoi (Velvet Apple)?? >>> >>> *Date/Time: 09-04-2011 / 01:15PM >>> Location: Veer Jijamata Udyan (Ranibag), Mumbai >>> Habitat: Cultivated >>> Plant Habit; Tree >>> >>> Regards >>> Prashant >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >>> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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