I checked out for Nana but the plant has white bark while the one i saw had a dark almost black bark. leaves of Nana are lance shaped with a slight acuminate apex while the tree i saw had ovate leaves.
I do not think it would be L. microcarpa On Nov 9, 2:47 pm, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com> wrote: > Possibly Lagerstroemia microcarpa, Nana in marathi. A capsule picture > can confirm the ID. Regards, Shrikant > > On Nov 9, 10:47 am, jui <juipe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have posted the photographs of karap here > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/69588091@N06/6327521967/in/photostream > > > date: 6.11.11 > > Location: Vihigaon Near Kasara Dist Thane Maharashtra > > Locally called Karap > > It is a tree almost 30-40 feet tall > > bark: dark cracked > > Leaves at the ends of the branches > > Leaves simple opposite 5-10 cm by 3-4 cm > > Ovate petioles only 0.5 cm > > younger leaves seen reddish and later light green. > > > fruits are small and black when ripe edible and consumed by humans > > > Thanks regards, > > > Jui
