Dear Tanay-- Thank you very much for your help. The inflorescence does indeed suggest Sapotaceae. I will forward this ID to my friend (she's a botanist in South Florida, USA) and let her investigate from her.
Regards-- Ken. ________________________________ From: tanay bose <[email protected]> To: Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Thu, March 25, 2010 10:39:45 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:30800] Unknown tree_Phuket Island, Thailand Dear Ken, If my identification is wrong don't get angry, I am trying my best, I am completely unaware about the floral diversity of Malyasia. Leaf, branch and fruit morphology suggests me that this plant belongs to the genus Madhuca sp from the family Sapotaceae. On rigourously morphological study and research tell me this prehistoric looking plant with all the characters directing towards its primitiveness. Hence my conclusion for the specific epithet of this plant will be.............................................................................. Madhuca hainanensis Chun & How, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7: 71. 1958. Trees 9--30 m tall. Bark dark grayish brown, rust colored and shining villous when young. Leaves often closely clustered at end of branches; stipules ca. 3 X 1 mm, tomentose, early deciduous; petiole 1.5--3 cm, gray tomentose; leaf blade oblong-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, 6--12 X 2.5--4 cm, abaxially rust colored sericeous when young but glabrescent, adaxially glabrous and shiny, apex rounded and usually retuse, lateral veins 20--30 pairs, slender, and conspicuous. Flowers 1--3, axillary, nodding. Pedicel 2--3 cm, densely rust colored sericeous. Sepals elliptic to ovate-triangular, 1.5--8(--12) X 5.5--6.5 mm, both surfaces densely rust colored velutinous, apex obtuse. Corolla white, 1--1.2 cm, glabrous, 8--10-lobed. Stamens 28--30 in 3 whorls. Ovary ovoid-globose, rust colored sericeous, 6--8-locular. Style ca. 1.2 cm, base sericeous. Fruiting peduncle thick, 3--4.5 cm. Fruit greenish yellow, ovoid-globose to globose, 2.5--3 X 2--2.8 cm, pubescent, 1--5-seeded. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, compressed, 2--2.5 X 0.8--1.2 cm, brown and shiny, scar elliptic. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Sep-Dec. I am confident about the genus. Please validate my ID. Regards Tanay On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >----- Forwarded Message ---- >From: Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thu, March 25, 2010 6:27:17 PM >Subject: Unknown tree_Phuket Island, Thailand > > >Greetings all-- > > This was forwarded to me from a friend in another group. Perhaps someone here > is familiar with it? Growing on limestone, just above the ocean. Thanks in > advance. > > http://www.coverbuttons.com/images/SAR_7099.JPG > >Regards-- >Ken Greby. > > >-- >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. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- 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. -- 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.
