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On Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 10:27:01 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > Surprised to know that it is a gall. It looks just like fruit! > > On 1 March 2011 22:08, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for resurfacing this for discussion. >> Vijayasankar ji is right. I discussed this with Dr Jayakara Bhandary >> (Associate Professor of Botany, Government Science College,Karwar) and >> here is his response.. >> >> *Those spinous fruit-like structures are insect galls, commonly seen on >> stems of Hopea spp. If you disect them, you may find larvae inside.* >> >> >> In fact i almost took it for granted that these are some fruits. Its >> something totally new to me. >> >> regards >> Prashant >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/7206b213-878d-4152-a0b8-dc8cc73013b6n%40googlegroups.com.
