Dear all, here is the comments from Mr. Robi, who is revising family Lauraceae for South India.
"It is *Litsea wightiana var. tomentosa"* * * *regards * On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 2:24 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Resurfacing again for ID > Earlier feedback > Dinesh ji.....................................yes, Sandhya's plant matches > mine absolutely ( > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/c57ea03d32eb6fe5/6c21cce571f4a5e2?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=DV+%3A%3A+30MAR11+-+0352+%3A%3A+fruiting+tree+at+Kodagu+Valley+Resort#6c21cce571f4a5e2 > ). > > Tentively identified as *Litsea floribunda* as per the above thread. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sandhya Sasidharan <harithasand...@yahoo.com> > Date: 18 April 2011 21:50 > Subject: [efloraofindia:67468] Pictures of Litsea sp. > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Cc: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > > > Dear friends, > > Here are two pictures of Litsea sp. Seems to be similar to the one Dinesh > has sent. This was taken from Silent Valley National Park, Kerala > > Regards, > Sandhya > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1680 members & > 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 5000 species) > > -- *Manudev K Madhavan* Junior Research Fellow Systematic & Floristic Lab, Department of Botany, Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research St. Joseph's College, Devagiri Kozhikode- 673 008 Mob: 9496470738
