I guess this could be Gmelina arborea Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 46. 1814.
Regards Panka On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: > Please help me id this tree growing on the premises of a Govt Office in > Chennai. > It had a very interesting trunk and had some butterflies hovering over the > fruit and flowers at the top of the tree. > Thanks, > Padmini Raghavan. -- *********************************************** "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

