nice set of pics On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:31 PM, raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall, with a > spreading crown. The bark is smooth and thin, and bleeds latex if cut. The > leaves are alternate, simple, 4.5–25 cm long and 3.5–22 cm broad, > heart-shaped or with three shallow, maple-like lobes, green above and > below, red conspicuous glands at the base of the leaf, and with a 5.5–26 cm > long petiole. The flowers are 2.5–3.5 cm diameter, with five pale pink to > purple petals with streaks of darker red or purple in the throat; it is > monoecious with individual flowers either male or female, but produced > together in the inflorescences. The flowers appear before or with the > leaves in loose, terminal clusters. The fruit is a hard, woody pear-shaped > drupe 4–6 cm long and 3–5 cm diameter, containing four or five large, oily > seeds; it is green initially, becoming dull brown when ripe in autumn > > Raman > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
