Maybe Gmelina arborea? (Not positive...) Regards-- Ken Greby Palmetto Bay, Florida USA --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.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...@gmail.com> wrote: |
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
Glad it was finally ID'ed! To what family does it belong? |
Regards-- Ken Greby Palmetto Bay, Florida USA |
Hi, DineshMostly Bhorsal भोरसाल because the bark of treeused as a quinine (a medicine on fever)One more local Mar.name is DondruThanks
Hi, DineshMostly Bhorsal भोरसाल because the bark of treeused as a quinine (a medicine on fever)One more local Mar.name is DondruThanks
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