"Rosaceae Week: 03102011MR1 ?wild cherry tree from Pune for ID"

[Madhuri Raut]

Request for identification

I think this belongs to Rosaceae family.Please validate

Date/Time- Oct 2011

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Garden

Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree

Height/Length- about 1 floor of a building

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-Green

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- not seen

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- green and red cherries were seen but it was too high for me to photograph. Luckily there was a lone cherry on the ground to photograph

Regards

Bhagyashri

[Ushadi micromini]

Madhuri:

The leaves of your tree remind me of something we saw this summer here
at eflora...
Most likely a singapore cherry...


a misnomer, since its native to central america like countries of
Panama or even mexico...
cant remember...
botanical name :*Muntingia calabura

Arijit Banerji showed it flowers in June this year from Kolkata:
http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/4adfa880f97c1a73/6419baf06c3b09ec?lnk=gst&q=singapore+cherry+2011#6419baf06c3b09ec

Wikipedia has many pics by our own gargji: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntingia

Grows all over India in disturbed lands and sometimes becomes big
trunked tree...
I have only seen thin young trunks...

Lets see what the experts say...

Usha di

ps if you had even one flower pic , it would have been diagnostic...

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[Madhuri Raut]

Thank you Ushadi. 

Regards

Bhagyashri

[Giby Kuriakose]

Yes I too think this is Muntingia calabura of Muntingiaceae family. 

Birds love the fruits and hence it is called "Bird Cherry" as well.

Regards,

Giby

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[Madhuri Raut]

Thank you Gibyji.I liked the name Bird cherry

Regards

Bhagyashri

[Bhagyashri]

Muntingia calabura too as per another thread

http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/86fbf310ec0805d2/d80bc2efdf931a8c?lnk=gst&q=wild+cherry#d80bc2efdf931a8c 

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Regards

Bhagyashri