Thanks Kenneth. You may be right. We had discussed this earlier also. The visual impression often fails us. After looking at your mail I measured the size of the leaflets of the twig which I had brought. and alas.........it is 4.5 cm by 12 cm. Which matches the description of *S. macrophylla* in Flora of Maharashtra by BSI.The corresponding size of S. mahogani has to be 3-4cm max.
2009/1/6 Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> > Satish-- > > I am wondering if these photos show S. macrophylla rather than S. > mahogani. S. mahogani is very common here in South Florida, USA, but S. > macrophylla is rare, so I don't have too many local specimens for > comparison. I can post pictures of local S. mahogani later for comparson > to your photos. > > Regards-- > Ken Greby > Palmetto Bay, Florida USA > > --- On *Tue, 1/6/09, satish phadke <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: satish phadke <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:7218] Re: ¿ Swietenia mahagoni ? > To: "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Indian Tree Pix" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 9:50 AM > > Hi Dinesh > This is my perception about *Sweitenia mahogani.* > Its a tall tree...18-22m. > Bark rugose grey black. > Leaves paripinnate, Leaflets 2-4 pairs, 3-5cm long, opposite, base very > oblique.(I know you do understand botanical meaning of oblique leaf).The > upper surface of the leaves is dark blackish green while the under surface > is paler. > Flowers greenish yellow,in axillary pendulous pannicles. > These features are seen in my attached pictures. Of course the full size > view of my tree is not very pleasing and sorry I don't have the picture of > the bark. > The leaf pattern in few of your pictures was that of Syzigium(No oblique > leaves) > As regards S. macrophylla.......... I have seen only once and not from > close but as the name suggests its leaflets are quite larger 6-12*4-5cm.Rest > of the features are similar and probably the base of the leaflets not that > oblique. > Please correct me if any information is wrong. > Satish > 2009/1/5 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > >> Hello friends, >> >> I am almost sure that this tree is *Swietenia mahagoni*. >> Yet, please validate ... not sure how I can rule out *S. macrophylla*. >> >> Attached 3 photos, just in case you would like some more views: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=91314...@n00&q=Swieteniamahagoni&m=tags >> >> Regards. >> >> >> > > > -- > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > > > > > -- http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
