Dear Prashant,
Thanks for for the book reference, something I was desperately
looking for. It was a sight for sore eyes!
Looking at this, I feel that your plant is probably Casearia
graveolens.
Casearia graveolens is supposed to have broadly elliptic leaves and
yellow ellipsoid fruit, which agrees with your picture.
Casearia esculenta is supposed to have narrowly elliptic-lanceshaped
leaves and ellipsoid *orange* fruit. Both of these feature don't agree
well with your picture.
I would like others to present their opinion on this.
Best wishes
- Tabish
On May 10, 7:53 am, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Tabish, Neil,
>
> Have a look at this link of "flora of eastern Ghats". It talks about both
> the species i.e Casearia eaculenta as well as
> C.graveolens.http://books.google.co.in/books?id=pSXidQZupHYC&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=C...
>
> It indicates that for C.graveolens, the capsule is ellipsoid / sub-globuse
> where as for C. esculenta it mentions as only ellipsoid, orange as earlier
> indicated by Neil.
>
> Best wishes
> Prashant..
>
> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Dear Neil,
> > I got confused trying to understand this one. I could not find
> > description of Casearia esculenta in any book. This link (I won't bet
> > my money on its relaibility)
> >http://www.ayushveda.com/herbs/casearia-esculenta.htm
> > says that the fruits are spherical and red in color when ripe.
> > On the other hand, Casearia graveolens is descibed at Flora of
> > China site as having "Capsule orange-yellow when ripe, dark reddish or
> > blackish brown and strongly longitudinally ribbed when dried,
> > ellipsoid-oblong, ca. 2 cm, fleshy..."
> > Any comments on this?
> > - Tabish
>
> > On May 9, 5:49 pm, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi Prashant,
> > > They are the fruit of Casearia esculenta locally called Kirmira or
> > Kulkulta.
> > > With regards,
> > > Neil Soares.
>
> > > --- On Sat, 5/9/09, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > From: Prashant awale <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: [indiantreepix:11841] Request for ID
> > > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]>
> > > Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 6:04 PM
>
> > > Dear Friends,
>
> > > I came across this one on the way to "Kalsubai" (May-2008). ID please??
>
> > > Thanks & best wishes
> > > Prashant..
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