As Pravin pointed out, this should be Sonneratia mangrove (Sonneratia apetala) "apetala" means it has no sepals - it only has 4 petals, And a very interesting pistil with stigma looking like a mushroom! http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sonneratia%20Mangrove.html - Tabish
On Jul 13, 11:16 am, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a call for Dr. Jatinder Chadha,..........please reply > Isnt this plant the one you were showing from Sikkim....so most > probably this is not necessarily a mangrove plant!!! > Pankaj