For those who dont know, Dr. Amit Kotia is one of a very few reliable professional taxonomists in the community who has traveled across the different landscapes of India from Central, South, North East, West from Deserts to Evergreen to Dry decicudous to Alpine meadows and now a days in Leh, in search of plants. Most probably more than any one else in the group.If he couldnt identify this, then it means something unique.
Secondly, the constriction on the fruit surface depicts a bilocular ovary...... from my side something close to Catharanthaceae could be of some hint....though leaf is not opposite. Regards Pankaj On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:09 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it some kind of Syzygium I hope !! > Tanay > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Amit Kotia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear Friends >> Please ID this Tree from Chhattisgarh >> tall around 25-30 m hight >> Regards >> Amit >> >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > [email protected] > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
