Its called Nalla balusu ... I found this name in Vol 3 of Flora of Eastern Ghats<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=SZifARJXLJgC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=Canthium+dicoccum+var.+umbellatum&source=bl&ots=FE_V_439b0&sig=mAO_Wy6ilC-u5Yw3ONBkTaovDKw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nF3_UPiZJIWMrgef5IDQBA&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Canthium%20dicoccum%20var.%20umbellatum&f=false> ...
apparently no other language (other than Telugu has a name for it, ) perhaps it means its not found or is not popular in local population in other eastern states... On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Please help me to resolve this id. Is this tree *Canthium dicoccum* var. * > umbellatum* (Wight) Santapau & Merch. [syn: *Psydrax umbellata* (Wight) > Bridson]? Or is this any other tree? > > The key in K M Mathew's 'Flora of central Tamilnadu' says the leaf to be > oblanceolate (which is not here); but other descriptions match.The tree is > not more than 3 metre high. > > Date: 27 Dec 2012 > Place: Kolli Hills, TN > Alt.: 1400 m asl > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
