Ok, thanks, so one more colour remaining in the drupes. I thought red were the mature ones.
regards, Rashida. On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Dr. Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thank you Ms. Rashida. I can surely understand your eagerness in > learnung more about the plant. > Keep it up!! > > Roystonea : monoecious, thick and smooth trunk with distinct mark of > leaf bases, pinnate leaf. > regia: there are only 11 species of Roystonea in the world so not > difficult to differentiate it from the rest. Can be identified with a > bit of swollen trunk just below the crown which is light grey in > color, white flowers with pink anthers, drupes purple when ripe. > > Pankaj >
