efloraofindia:''For Id 27092011MR7’’ Palm - bottle shaped trunk Pune

[Madhuri Raut]

Request for identification

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Private garden

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

Height/Length- 10-12 feet I think

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Green

Bottle shaped trunk

Regards

Bhagyashri

[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

looks like Roystonea regia to me.
Pankaj

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[ajinkya gadave]

 Roystonea regia (bottle palm)

[Ushadi micromini]

Dear All :

I am a little confused...
about nomenclature:

if this is Roystonea regia of Roystonea genus ... then its NOT a
bottle palm...
they two different animals..
Natives...of different regions of the world and
one is prolific. the other is redlisted...
(the true Bottle Palm is Hyophorbe lagenicaulis of genus
Hyophorbe...)


so may be I should wait someone who is studied palms tells me what it
is...

(Nolinas are also sometimes called bottle palms to confuse the issue
with the true bottle palm...never confused with the Royal Palm) ....

Thanks, Usha di
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On Sep 27, 9:53 pm, ajinkya gadave <ajinkyagad...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Roystonea regia (bottle palm)
>

[Pankaj Kumar]

There are more than one species which are called Bottle Palms.
Its like Fan Palm, anything with a fan like leaf is a fan palm!!
A true bottle palm is Hyophorbe lagenicaulis.
Pankaj

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Residence:
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[hari lal]

thanks a lot for all its new for me

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[Pankaj Kumar]

Your Hazaribagh has so many trees of this in government complexes
along the main road.
Pankaj

[Madhuri Raut]

Thank you all for Id .SO I conclude this is  Roystonea regia (bottle palm)

Regards

Bhagyashri

[ushadi Micromini]

yes Pankaj ji:
its called dragon fruit... has white or reddish pink pulp with green or red skin on the outside...
you wash it
cut it open..
thousands of black seeds and puld show up
you use a spoon ( special spoons with serrated ends, originally designed to eat grapefruits.. is best) to scoop out the pulp and eat... seed and alll.

eat it as after dinner fruit with some cheese... like brei or soft cheeses .. (not blue) ...
yum...

we get it in India... in hotels like the Grand or Taj in Delhi where they get these exotics flown in esp for their chefs...
I get it at Oberoi Grand in Septemeber once in awhile.. iffy supplier...

enjoy..
usha di
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com> wrote:

That was so kind of you.
I found sitaphal in HK :)) but havent bought it yet.
I saw this cereus fruit in market here in HK but couldnt buy because i
have no idea if it is edible or to be cooked!!
Pankaj


On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:55 AM, ushadi Micromini

<micromi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> oh... I remember you are the one who wanted to eat ata... sitaphal...
> after that comment you made I went to lake market to see if someone there
> would be willing to ship a couple or three kg to you... none  ventured.. and
> they said it comes from around Ranchi...
>
> so did you get to eat any before heading to Hongkong?
> But I guess you'll get sitaphal and many other there... that we dont get
> here so readily.. like the niteblooming cereus fruit... eat and take
> pictures.. to send..
> Usha di
>
> ======
>
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> yes Hari lives in Hazaribagh. I have met him n real. I am from Ranchi
>> otherwise. I was born and brought up there.
>> Pankaj
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, ushadi Micromini
>> <micromi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Pankaj ji:
>> > I thought Hazaribagh was in Jharkhand waaay above Ranchi...
>> > by no means MY (meaning perhaps in West Bengal , near Kolkata)??)
>> > Hazaribagh
>> > ...
>> > unless you mean some other?
>> >
>> >
>> > Usha di
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com>

[Pankaj Kumar]

Thats cool, I will try next time i go to market
Today there is a number 8 typhoon warning, so office is off and hope
markets would be closed too.
Itas too windy and rainy outside.
Pankaj

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:06 AM, ushadi Micromini

[Gurcharan Singh]

Ushadi

How come Dragon fruit came in this thread, a cactus, fruit now a part of Dinner parties in Delhi at most functions. I had uploaded it recently.

https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/704bd7d164c9eb5f/a560d2868c8d8145?hl=en

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[ushadi Micromini]

Gurucharanji... Somehow conversation ended up with Pankaj ji.. about Hazaribag had Palms in this thread, he said he was from Ranchi... etc etc  about sitaphal and it went on from there?

AND YES I remember you had uploaded the fruit and I had said If I find mine from one of my dinners at the hotel I'll upload...

thanks, for refreshing view of the fruit...

Pankaj ji... here's what they look like. in Gurcharan ji's pics...

stay indoors... and healthy...
and keep writing to us . as long as telephone lines are open...

typhoons are no fun...

Usha di
=--------

[ushadi Micromini]

Gurucharanji...The thread I was thinking about was not this one... it was about the Brahmakamal flowers, where we had a similar discussion... I was not  amemeber when this particular thread happened in January...

Ushadi

PS I wonder if these seeds are fertile and can produce the plant... niteblooming cereus???

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Pankaj Kumar]

yes I saw the pics. I know the fruit. Its very well available in the
market and most probably they cultivate it somewhere here in HK
itself. Will try my luck. Internet says its laxative hence one should
try to test is before eating!!
Pankaj

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:50 AM, ushadi Micromini

[ushadi Micromini]

Like I said, I have eaten a whole fruit at various dinners.. in september mostly in Kolkata...

no side effects to speak of...

Usha di
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[Pankaj Kumar]

ok let me try....
Pankaj

[Saroj Kumar Kasaju]

This needs to be removed from listing of  Hylocereus undatus.

Thank you

Saroj Kasaju