Dear Ushadi I am not a learned Botanist! But------- 1. There are plants which are dioceous which produced dioceous flowers that is male and female organs in same flower. eg. Mango, Orange Chicku, Brinjal, Bhendi etc 2. There are plants which are dioceous but produce monoceous flowers that is male and female flowers. eg. Tondali, pumpkin (Experts pl correct) 3. There are plants which are monoecious that is they produce only male flower or female flower. Best eg Papaya. In the first type all flowers can form fruit after fertilisation. in second only female flower can form fruit. in third only female plant can form fruit. It is dependent on the genetic make up of the flower/plant to produce the type of flower. Madhuri
--- On Mon, 18/4/11, Usha Desai <[email protected]> wrote: From: Usha Desai <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:67432] Streblus asper : female flowers To: [email protected] Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Indian Tree Pix" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 18 April, 2011, 11:43 AM THANK YOU VIPLAV FOR SHARING THIS. Friends Kandivali [North suburb of Mumbai] has many Sand Paper Trees. As Viplav told me this should be declared AS The Tree of Kandivali as it is one of the original flora of the area. What is interesting is the tree is supposed to be dioecious[male and female flower on separate trees.]..but Viplav saw both on the same tree , it also had fruits...male flowers are in group and easy to notice but for female ,it is solitary and really tiny so one has to hunt for it....PROBABLY VIPLAV IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS MANAGED TO GET IT PHOTOGRAPHED...GOOGLE SEARCH WAS FUTILE... My question to learned botanist is how does one explain that a dioecious tree is presenting as monoecious.....many trees where we saw male flowers had fruits....female flowers are dificult to locate.. Thanking you all in advance. yrs sincerely Usha Desai [TAW] On 16 April 2011 18:38, sheetal chaudhari <[email protected]> wrote: ohh wow, have never seen this tree in flowering stage Thanks Viplav Ji regards, Sheetal Pachpande On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:25 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: Dear friends, Sharing some pictures of the female flowers & fruit of the Sandpaper Tree [Streblus asper] observed in Kandivali, North Mumbai. I rarely indulge in photography and am grateful to my friend Hitendra Agrawal for agreeing to join me and photographing these. I joined this group in July 2010 and keep learning thanks to the unceasing efforts of the active members. Best wishes, Viplav
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