Dear Dinesh Ji, I think this is *Cassine glauca* (Rottb.) O. Ktze Like Vijayasankar Ji. I am adding the description of the plant...
A large tree; branchlets reddish; bark red inside, exuding a watery sap when cut. Leaves opposite or sub-opposite, 3-16 x 1.5-7.5 cm, elliptic, ovate-oblong or obovate, glabrous, dark green, shining above, glaucous beneath; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, channelled. Cymes axillary, dichotomous, 7.5-12 cm long; peduncle 2.5-6.5 cm long, often red. Flower 5 mm in diameter, whitish; calyx 4-5-lobed, lobes rounded, margin membranous; stamens included, filaments recurved, anthers with a 2-lobed connective. Ovary adnate to the disc; style very short, persistent. Fruit a dry, ovoid, drupe, 1-15 cm long, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Regards Tanay On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:42 AM, R. Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dinesh ji, the flowers remind me *Cassine*. (not C. glauca, certainly not > Diospyros). > > Let's hear from other members. > > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> Confused between *Diospyros* (*malabarica*) and *Glochidion* ... and ID >> could be none of these !! >> The flowers and fruits are mismatching. >> (Please bear the photo quality). >> >> >> Date/Time : May 9, 2010 at 10.03am IST >> Location Place : Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan (Rani Bagh), Mumbai. >> >> Altitude : 10 m >> GPS : 18°58'43.56"N, 72°50'9.81"E ± few seconds >> >> Habitat : garden (however must be found wild in Western Ghats) >> Type : ... >> >> Plant >> Habit : tree >> Height : about 8 -12 m >> Length : - not a climber - >> >> Leaves >> Type : simple, alternately placed (possibly whorling), coarsely serrate >> (or is it dentate, do not know) >> Shape : elliptic, rounded at both ends >> Size : 8 - 10 cm x 2.5 - 3.5 cm >> >> Inflorescence >> Type : axillary cymous >> Size : about 6 cm >> >> Flowers >> Size : about 10 mm >> Colour : off-white (cream) >> Calyx : do not know >> Bracts : - no bracts - >> >> Fruits >> Type : ¿ drupe ? >> Shape : ovoid >> Size : about 3 cm >> Seeds : do not know >> >> >> Other Info >> Fragrance : do not know >> Pollinator : do not know >> Uses : do not know >> >> >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> 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 indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > 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 indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
