1. *Dear Pankaj Ji* I appreciate that you took the effort to identify the plant and point out my mistake. I am thankful to you I never mind criticizes it's a part of the fellow feeling, I always appreciate them very much. Thank you very much for your lovely effort. I never do anything in hurry I take a lot of time but my problem is that my knowledge is stipulated and know very little in contrast to hardcore taxonomist like you. Please do forgive me for the mistakes. 2. *Dear Gurcharan Ji,* Thanks for your wishes,blessing and help which you always extend me. Your encouragement is a constant source of enthusiasm for me. I will always try my best for this group. I make my best efforts to at least move up to family name which may help other to get the name and minimize their search. thanks for you kind and loving support. 3. *Dear Ken,* Thank you very very much for making me aware of the name and with my little knowledge I am happy that I could at least decipher the family .....will try my best later . Thanks again for the effort you took to accelerate my knowledge.
Regards Tanay On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > From Michael Ferrero, who supplied the ID: > > > > > "Manilkara kauki is pretty common right along the sea shores of the Eastern > face of the Indo-Chinese peninsula and I guess its abundant in other coastal > forests around Pen Malaysia and perhaps Philippines too? > > I always know it from that really rough bark (a dead give away) as is the > emerging reddish new leaves, arranged in an Edwardian collar-like effect as > well as the Sapotaceous flowers held directly beneath the crown! > > The Indian botanists have disputed the sinking of Madhuca longifolia into > Manilkara? Mimusops? for ages but its really just them having a hard time > losing their generic status of Madhuca (which by the way, is the common > Hindi name for it). > > > > Aside from locals consuming their ripened fruits, Mimusops kauki has little > else going for it! > > Interestingly Madhuca flowers are eaten fresh (after they have fallen over > night but are processed into a kind of pickle) and the perfume is extracted > by distilling the blooms in cold water and everporating off the oils by > steaming! Its a very valuable commodity and entire (poorer) villages are > employed just to get the Madhuca oil extracted this way! > > One Indian medicine-lady once told me you can poison people with it! > > You throw immature blooms of the Madhuca into someone's curry pot (along > with their meal presumably) and if they partake in the resulting meal all > will be poisoned, some fatally! Apparently very difficult to prove cause of > death!" > > > > Regards-- > > Ken Greby. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> > *To:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>; TANAY BOSE < > [email protected]> > *Cc:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Fri, March 26, 2010 9:13:29 PM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:30863] Re: Unknown tree_Phuket Island, > Thailand > > > Greetings all-- > > I received an email from my friend here in Florida that a fellow botanist > (and traveler to Thailand) thought that this tree is Manilkara (Mimusops) > kauki. At least we all agree on Sapotaceae! > > Anyone feel free to comment on this ID, please. > > Regards-- > Ken. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > *To:* TANAY BOSE <[email protected]>; Kenneth Greby <[email protected] > > > *Cc:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Fri, March 26, 2010 6:59:08 PM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:30858] Re: Unknown tree_Phuket Island, > Thailand > > Tanay > I must say you are really talented. I admire your great knowledge of plants > at this young age. Keep up the enthusiasm. You have great future. I have > been regularly writing on this group, thever hesitate in making guesses, > even if they are wild guesses. It prompts others to study the photograph > more carefully. Your guesses usually score more than 95, mostly 100 per > cent. Please keep it up. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> > > > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Dr. Pankaj Kumar <[email protected] > > wrote: > > >> My dear Tanay, >> You are like my younger brother so I am writing this. I imagine why >> you are always in such a hurry!! Your own description says, "Flowers >> >> 1--3, axillary, nodding. Pedicel 2--3 cm, densely rust colored >> >> sericeous". Does it match with the picture? >> Sapotaceae genera in Thailand can be differentiated with the help of >> keys based on arrangements of leaves (opposite or clustered) but not >> without seeing the number of sepals. Flowers with 4 sepals (Payena, >> Madhuca) and flowers with 5-6 sepals (Palaquim, Pouteria and >> Xantolis). Can you please count, how many sepals you can see buddy!! >> On one guess I thought this could be Xantolis species. But I will send >> it to experts in Thailand to confirm. The stem surface is very unique. >> Hope they will be of some help. >> I would really be happy if you are right Tanay. Only thing I wish to >> convey is not to be in hurry and overlook things. Be a good boy!! >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> > > > > > > > -- > > 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. 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