Lagerstroemia FOR ID :: Virajpet, Coorg :: 11 NOV 19

[Dinesh Valke]

... at a resort  in Virajpet, Coorg Date: November 11, 2019 ... Altitude: about 910 m (3000 ft) asl

Lagerstroemia ¿ species ?   Dear friends, The sepals on fruits seem very different from the regular ones. The fruits measure just about 3/4th inch. Please help ID.

Regards. Dinesh

[Aarti S. Khale]

Dinesh ji,
This looks close to Putranjiva roxburghii to me.
I hope I have replied on the correct link this time.
Regards,
Aarti

[Dinesh Valke]

Aarti ji, I doubt this tree to be any species of Putranjiva, which typically has pendulous branches.

And I could very well be mistaking it to be Lagerstroemia.

Let us wait for comments.

Regards.

Dinesh

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[radha veach]

Dinesh, it's Mimusops elengi

Regards
Radha

[Dinesh Valke]

Thank you very much Radha for helping with this ID.

Many thanks to Aarti ji too for her keen observation that the plant is not Lagerstroemia.

Regards.

Dinesh

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[ushadi]

radha is correct

looks like a very prolific producer of fertilized non-dropping off of flowers

so there are these unusually large  numbers of fruits

we we generally dont see it so often

did you look at the soil below the tree, even the dried flowers can be seen

did you?

it is Mimusops elengi

bolrasi or balrasi in gujarati

my dad used to said it was borsalli,  he probably learnt it from his teacher in gujarati who was from towns in gir forest)

Regards

Ushadi

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[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks Usha di.

No, I did (could) not look below the tree, it was beyond a hedge, and there were too many other plants until the hedge.

Given time is just about half an hour for morning walk !!!

Regards.

Usha di.

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[r.thilakan makkiseril]

Yes;Radha ji is right.It's Mimusops elenji of Sapotaceae.

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much Thilakan ji for the validation.

Regards.

Dinesh

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