Dear Renee ji, Could this unidentified Diospyros sp. be *Diospyros blancoi* (Velvet Apple)?
Regards Prashant On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 6:27 PM, renee vyas vyas <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Friends, > > Thank you all for taking so much efforts to identify this mysterious specie > of Diospyros.....i am attaching the pictures of Diospyros malabarica's male > and female pictures and also of Diospyros unidentified flowers, for > comparison. > > Regards, > > Renee > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 5:34 PM, usha desai <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Friends >> I was there with Renee.Even first we thought it was D.malabarica but >> it can't be for LOOK AT THE FLOWERS!...THEY LOOK LIKE MALE >> FLOWERS...HOW CAN IT BEAR FRUITS? and that made us wonder what it >> was....female flowers of D.malabarica are very different and male and >> female occur on separate trees[it is monoecious tree].....MAY BE this >> is an aberrant D.malabarica who is born as dioecious! ! ! >> We were told it is vilayati Gab..and probably D.ebenum but D.ebenum >> fruits are not so big! >> thanking you all in advance.Usha[TAW] >> >> On Apr 8, 11:11 pm, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: >> > yes the fruits looks like *D. malabarica*; but I have doubt about the >> size >> > of calyx and the leaves too. >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Ushadi micromini < >> [email protected] >> > >> > >> > >> > > wrote: >> > > Dear Renee: Yes its D. malabarica, called Gaab in bengali, is very >> > > sweet, local monkeys eat it up before we can get it or the local >> > > urchins, we have a couple of trees in the horticulture garden in >> > > Kolkata. Ushadi >> > >> > > On Apr 8, 2:57 pm, renee vyas vyas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > Dear Friends, >> > >> > > > Plz ID this Diospyros...flowering in Rani Bagh, Mumbai. Found a ripe >> > > fruit >> > > > fallen under the same tree, a bit eaten by the bird.......a person >> from >> > > Rani >> > > > Bagh told me that the fruit can eaten, so I ate the pulp there n >> there >> > > and >> > > > found it very tasty. I have attached the photo of the ripe fruit >> along >> > > with >> > > > the 6 seeds which came out of it. >> > >> > > > Thanks & regards, >> > >> > > > Renee >> > >> > > > IMG_4023_1.JPG >> > > > 274KViewDownload >> > >> > > > IMG_3995_1.JPG >> > > > 246KViewDownload >> > >> > > > IMG_3973_1.JPG >> > > > 335KViewDownload >> > >> > > > IMG_4008_1.JPG >> > > > 280KViewDownload >> > >> > > > IMG_4056_1.JPG >> > > > 371KViewDownload >> > >> > -- >> > Muthu Karthick, N >> > Care Earth Trust >> > #15, second main road, >> > Thillai ganga nagar, >> > Chennai - 600 061 >> > Mob: 0091 96268 33911www.careearthtrust.org >> > >
