Dear Ken, It was a pleasure that I could help you out.... I am eager to know what your taxonomist friend suggests , kindly let me known so that I can get aware of the name and if by ID is correct then a BINGO!! for me. Regards Tanay
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<indiantreepix%[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]<indiantreepix%[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.
