Thank you all, for quick response. Ushadi, I am in Kolkata now. I will try to visit central park as you suggested. The fruit had one seed inside, I have checked in Mumbai.
Dalia On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Dalia: > > brown seed was much larger than its current size when it was green = > logical. > so speaks of greater disparity in size of the two = obvious. > > second the smaller seed could be from the same tree ... fruits of same > tree can be of different size, dropping off means some violence, high winds > storm rain storm or birds or animals dropped it, so it remains small...???? > > i can only suggest cut/saw it neatly in half and see if the inside > structure is the same > > *if only one seeds inside, *only Clusiaceae with one seeded fruit is > calophyllum > > == > i wish you had picked a leaf and photographed that... strong primary vein > and *almost parallel secondary veins with inconspicuous tertiary veins* = > calophyllum > > ======= > > or let it dry and see if it begins to look the same as the brown on... > > Secondly what other trees were there that could produce roundish green > fruits? > == > > if you are back in kolkata, > > salt lake central park has many calophyllum inophyllum trees to the left > of the main walkway keeping the lake to the right > > you could check out resemblance to your tree there and the fallen seeds > early in the morning will be still there before the sweepers haul them > away.. > > seeds are good source of oil (very dense) for oil lamps > that's the ethnobotanic use for the seeds, used to be very popular, but > with ration shop kerosene available just by standing in line, seems to be > fallen off the radar for manufacture in the villages along the ganges > delta.. > > usha di > > > > On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> May be Calophyllum! or any other Clusiaceae. >> >> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 10:51 PM, Dalia Set <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The tree was seen in Mumbai, in a garden in Anushaktinagar- >>> Date taken : Mar 22, 2015 >>> Some nuts? >>> Fruits collected from underground of the tree. Are both fruits are the >>> same? >>> >>> Please help. >>> >>> Dalia >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
