You must be correct, Pravin. My friend Hemanth (botanist) too strongly maintains it to be *H. excelsum*(it is yet a popular name, *H. orixense* is current).
Finally, *Hymenodictyon orixense* !!! Thanks Pravin for validating; thanks to all. Regards. PS: Pravin, does this भोरसळ make sense as bhorsal ? On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Pravin Kawale <kawale.pra...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, Dinesh > I have came across the same tree > today at Sagargad Alibag and could manage to photographed > the dried leaf and capsule type fruits but when I gone through > the ref.book (Forest Trees of South India, by S.G.Neginhal ) > I noticed that it is a H.orixense (Mar.name:Bhorsal) instead of > H.obovatum. > As per above said ref.book H.obovatum"s leavs are suddenly > acuminate while H.orixense has broadly ovate leavs > Thanks > > > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Barry Stock <barryst...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> After some searching I discovered it's in the Rubiaceae. >> -bs >> >> >> On Jan 22, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Kenneth Greby wrote: >> >> Glad it was finally ID'ed! To what family does it belong? >> >> Regards-- >> Ken Greby >> Palmetto Bay, Florida USA >> >> --- On *Thu, 1/22/09, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>* wrote: >> >> From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:7835] Re: ID of a fruiting tree >> To: "Yazdy Palia" <yazdypa...@gmail.com> >> Cc: fstf...@yahoo.com, "satish phadke" <phadke.sat...@gmail.com>, >> "sweedle cerejo" <sweedle.cer...@gmail.com>, "Indian Tree Pix" < >> indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 1:41 PM >> >> Hello friends, >> This plant turns out to be *Hymenodictyon obovatum* ... many thanks to my >> botanist friend - Hemanth Tripathi !!! >> Perhaps endemic to Western Ghats of India, rarely found in the Eastern >> Ghats. >> And could be also native to Madagascar. >> >> Elsewhere, it could be *H. orixense* (popular synonym: *H. excelsum*) >> which is similar in many aspects; however a larger tree, rounded canopy, >> reflexed capsules instead of the the erect in case if *H. obovata.* >> ** >> >> Commonly known as: obovate-leaved bridal-couch plant >> • Kannada: ಬೋಗಿಮರ bogimara, ಹೀರೆಮರ hiremara >> • Konkani: सिरीद sirid >> • Malayalam: കിലുങ്ങിമരം kilungimaram >> • Marathi: कडवा शिरीद kadva shirid >> • Tamil: மலைத்தணக்கு malai-t-tanakku >> • Telugu: dudippa >> >> References: >> 1) Forest Flora of Hyderabad State by M Sharfuddin Khan >> >> http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/Flora%20by%20M%20Sharfuddin%20Khan/Botanical%20Names/Hymenodictyon%20obovatum.htm >> 2) Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar >> 3) Flora of Eastern Ghats by by T Pullaiah, K Sri Ramamurthy, a Google >> Book >> >> http://books.google.com/books?id=SZifARJXLJgC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=Hymenodictyon+obovatum&source=bl&ots=FDYPX650e0&sig=LNHiCKm2B1dKwvmm89ChV2YOPLo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA170,M1<http://books.google.com/books?id=SZifARJXLJgC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=Hymenodictyon+obovatum&source=bl&ots=FDYPX650e0&sig=LNHiCKm2B1dKwvmm89ChV2YOPLo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA170,M1> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> I wiil be happy if any of or Telugu friends can provide me with **dudippa >> ** in native script. >> >> >> Many many thanks and regards to all. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Yazdy, those fruits are no longer than 2 cm. >>> >>> None of these silk cottons. >>> *Bombax ceiba*: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2318592567/ >>> *Bombax insigne*: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2236502899/ >>> *Ceiba pentandra*: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2287675871/ >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Yazdy Palia <yazdypa...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Friends, >>>> It could be silk cotton. The bark looks like it so does the fruits >>>> (pods). To me it looks like the silk cotton pods and not fruit. >>>> I am not sure though. >>>> regards >>>> Yazdy Palia. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Kenneth Greby <fstf...@yahoo.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > I agree that it is not Gmelina. I had thought that the fruit shown >>>> might be >>>> > flower buds. Sorry for the confusion. >>>> > >>>> > I do not know this tree. >>>> > >>>> > Regards-- >>>> > Ken Greby >>>> > Palmetto Bay, Florida USA >>>> > >>>> > --- On Wed, 1/21/09, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >>>> > Subject: [indiantreepix:7832] Re: ID of a fruiting tree >>>> > To: "satish phadke" <phadke.sat...@gmail.com> >>>> > Cc: "sweedle cerejo" <sweedle.cer...@gmail.com>, fstf...@yahoo.com, >>>> "Indian >>>> > Tree Pix" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>>> > Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 3:55 AM >>>> > >>>> > ... the fruits look different ... in general is quite close. >>>> > Just in case, a lone torn leaf and trunk can help us get closer ... >>>> here are >>>> > its photos. >>>> > Regards. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:19 AM, satish phadke < >>>> phadke.sat...@gmail.com> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Sorry..............it just slipped through. I meant to say the pods >>>> look >>>> >> like those of SALAI (Boswelia serrata) and not Moi(Lannea)Look in the >>>> >> attached picture >>>> >> Satish >>>> >> >>>> >> 2009/1/20 Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Some of my photos here: >>>> >>> Gmelina: >>>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314...@n00&q=Gmelina&m=text >>>> >>> Lannea: >>>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314...@n00&q=Lannea&m=text >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Regards. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Dinesh Valke < >>>> dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >>>> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ... I am afraid it is not Lannea or Gmelina species. >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:08 PM, satish phadke >>>> >>>> <phadke.sat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> I also think it to be Lannea coromandelica(Moi) >>>> >>>>> Satish >>>> >>>>> 2009/1/20 sweedle cerejo <sweedle.cer...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> I think this is Lannea sp. >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>> >>>>>> Sweedle >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Dinesh Valke < >>>> dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> >>>> >> http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Pravin > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. 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