Thanks a lot Dinesh ji. i did c the ur photostream only the leaf margin bothers me and also does the fact local people told us that the fruits were edible
Regards Jui On Nov 8, 3:53 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > It does look like *Mallotus nudiflorus*. > > Some views of *M. nudiflorus* at my flickr > photostream:http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Mallotusnudiflorus&w=91314344%40N00&m... > Have observed flowering during months of Dec - Feb at Tungareshwar Wildlife > Sanctuary. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:35 PM, jui <juipe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Tree (15-20 feet the one i saw) > > bark peeling into Yellow white bark > > > Leaves opposite > > ovate with acuminate apex > > chordate base > > 10-17 cm long > > crenate margin > > petiole is long 15 cm not reddish more green brown > > the leaf scar was seen on the bark when leaf was shed > > > the stem was fibrous as in the (tiliaceae, malvaceae, sterculiaceae > > etc) group > > > local people call it petari and said that the fruits were edible > > > many of the malvaceae members are locally called petari...but i doubt > > if they have opposite leaves. > > > I would appreciate even family identification as i have not been able > > to observe the flowering > > > I tried to upload the photos but there seems to be some problem so i > > am fwding the link on flicker pls follow the same for the set of fotos > > of the plant > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/69588091@N06/6325576954/ > > > Regards > > > Jui
