Thanks Aarti ji for sharing these pictures. I think i got the id, finally. It is nothing but the very famous 'double coconut' palm, *Lodoicea maldivica *.
There is a single female tree in India, growing in the Indian Botanical Gardens in Kolkata. And the nearest male tree is in Sri Lanka (Peradenia garden). The scientists in IBG said they have to get pollen from Sri Lanka when flowers in both the trees are active. And the pollen have to be dusted over the stigma before it looses its receptivity. And the viability period of pollen needs to be considered, too. The experts here are trying their best to get the tree pollinated and get set fruits. This is the story in 2009 and i don't know the present situation. I wish the scientists all success in their noble endeavors. Regards Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com>wrote: > At the same Peradeniya Gardens in Kandy, Sri Lanka. > > Aarti >
