Flowering of Catunaregam spinosa

[Pravin Kawale]

Hi,
Today came across the flowering tree of
Catunaregam spinosa
Local common name : Gelphal, Gela
Location: Kanakeshwar,Alibag
Surprisingly there were no.of butterfly,moth and
insect spp.gathered in search of honey.
(Common silverline,Common indian crow,Indian cabbage,Mottled emigrant,
Common wanderer,tailed jay,brownawl,Honey bee and two more unidentified)
Extremly sorry for huge no.of images
Thanks

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[Neil Soares]

Hi Pravin,   Beautiful photographs!!! The last 2 are the Hummingbird Hawkmoth & the Forester Moth [Eusemia adiatrix]. DSC06636 is the Painted Lady butterfly.                     Regards,                       Neil. --- On Tue, 6/22/10, Pravin Kawale <kawale...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[tanay bose]

I think the the flowers which are pollinated turns yellow in colour and un-pollinated ones are white !!!
Tanay

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[Neil Soares]

Hi Pravin & Tanay,  Mine are now fruiting. Sending a few photographs.                   Regards,                    Neil. --- On Tue, 6/22/10, tanay bose <tanay...@gmail.com> wrote:

[tanay bose]

Thanks I have never seen the fruits of this plant !! Your plants are always a step ahead !!
Tanay

[Usha Desai]

the fruit is called Minthal in gujrati and are used at the time of Hindu  marrige ceremony.
I wonder why this fruit is selected...anyone knows the answer.thanks in advance Usha Desai

[Satish Phadke]

Excellent collection of images showing a large variety of pollinators and visitors of the plant.
Shows how Ecologically important this plant is !!!
Amboli forest has a huge number of these trees. I could catch some of the trees flowering.
It is one of the host plant for epiphytic orchids too.
Attaching some of my pictures taken during my recent Amboli visit. The last picture shows one tree flowering behind the flagpost put up at famous BajiPrabhu's Pavankhind near Amba ghat.
Dr Phadke