This is *Diospyros malabarica* as said by Dr.Vijay. Did you taken this from a proximity of a water body?
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Vijayasankar ji, > Thanks for the id. > Regards, > Aarti > > On Jan 7, 12:35 am, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, Diospyros malabarica (= D. peregrina). > > > > 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 Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > Taken at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka on the 16th of November,2010. > > > It was a huge tree growing wild. > > > Seems some species of Diospyros. > > > Aarti- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org