Dear Jui... AM A bit surprised... at your "not sure if it is flowers or fruits"
it appears you have already taken a sample... picture 2 looks like a broken/cut branch removed from plant and put on dark background for photography... if that is so... did you not take one of the red "FRUITS" and cut it open to see if its a fruit or a flower??? SINCE YOU ARE A RESEARCH Fellow, any way...take it to lab and do some dissection and look under the dissecting scope etc... does not matter which stream of specialization you are from... I am not even a botanist nor a taxonimist... but I would do it... if I already have a sample like you do here... I dont even have a lab... I bring things home to my kitchen cut with sharp knives or a razor blade ... and look with eyes, magnifying lenses and macro lens close ups for photographs... no sections, no histological stains etc.... and when you have done it ..please educate us with your new found data... I look forward to being told what it is .... Good luck... Usha di =========== On Nov 18, 12:53 pm, jui pethe <juipe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Sir, > > wanted to confirm the identification of the tree > > Habit: tree > Location: Nashik district near Trimbakeshwar > Bark Peeling and greyish white > Leaves: totally leafless in January > Fruits/Flowers: had structures as shown in the picture was not sure if it > were flowers or fruits > > On Appearance I thought it was Boswellia serrata > > -- > *Jui Pethe* > > Senior Research Fellow, > NAIP-ICAR Project, > Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University > Nashik > > Entire tree.JPG > 711KViewDownload > > Gugul in bloom..jpg > 329KViewDownload > > gugul in bloom.jpg > 329KViewDownload
