Dear Gargji, These phtographs were earlier referred to me by Mrs. Shoba of Nizhal group ( with unclear photographs). Somebody identified it as Kelinhovia hospita. Seeing the leaves I thought the tree must be Pterygota alata. Later few more photographs ( the same photographs sent by you) were provided to me, on request, along with some information on shape of leaves etc. On reading the information provided by them about the texture of the leaves and also comparing the latest photographs showing the shape of the leaves, fruits (winged) etc., I identified the tree as Berrya cordifolia (commonly called trincomallee wood, Chamu'lai, ). These are very tall trees. In all probabalities, it should be Berrya cordifolia only. Nevertheless, the photographs are sometimes misleading as the leaves of many trees look aliike in photographs and one should take into account the nature of flowers, frutis etc.before confirming. With best wishes, Dr.Mahadeswara swamy --- On Mon, 15/3/10, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:28243] Please help with identification To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Cc: "Chithra V" <[email protected]>, "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>, "Kenneth Greby" <[email protected]>, "Padmanabhan Geetha" <[email protected]>, "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]>, "Muthu Karthick" <[email protected]>, "Mahadeswara Swamy" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 15 March, 2010, 12:09 PM Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Earlier relevant feedback: “ It looks like Pterygota alata [Buddha's Coconut] to me. With regards, Neil Soares.” ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chithra V <[email protected]> Date: 24 February 2010 19:57 Subject: [efloraofindia:28243] Please help with identification To: [email protected] Hi, I photographed these in Chennai (Gandhi Nagar, 3rd Main Road) this evening. The leaves are from a very tall tree - 10 meters at least. I first thought the leaves looked like those of Scarlet cordia but the texture was different, later someone said that it may be a Lagerstroemia of some kind. But the fruit (240210-01c) looks very different from the fruits I have seen so far... Please help... Chithra 240210cv-01b.JPG 240210cv-01a.JPG 240210cv-01c.JPG These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.

