WAIT till non-conspicuous greenish flowers develop if maple, and then tell-tale fruits... you have your proof then... in the mean time can you closer and get this very young tree's young bark...
though older more developed bark would be helpful Usha di ==== On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:00 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > "i also saw this tree i think this is *maple tree*." from Ajinkya ji. > > > “Maple tree has opposite leaves. This *looks like Platanus orientalis*but I > am surprised that it can grow in Pune.” > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Neha Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 16 October 2011 20:26 > Subject: [efloraofindia:88104] For Id 161011 NS3 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear All, > > Photographed this beautiful small tree ( 20-25 feet ) @ Pu La Deshpande > Garden , Pune on Oct 1st 11. > Looked like some maple sp. > Can we Id this without fruits / flowers ???? > > Regards > Neha S > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 1870 members & > 1,18,000 messages on 31/5/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Usha di ===========
