Tumri (Mallotus nudiflorus syn. Trewia nudiflora).
J.M. Garg
Trewia is a plant genus of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), comprising 2 species. It is found from the Himalaya to Hainan Island. These species have hard large fruits.
Trewia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix verax, which feeds exclusively on Trewia nudiflora.
The hard green fruit of Trewia nudiflora, which fall to the ground in large numbers during the monsoon season, are a preferred food of the Indian rhinoceros. The passage of its seeds through the rhino gut enhances its germination rate.
The above inf. taken from Wikipedia link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trewia--
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Neil Soares
There seems to be some confusion here. While your
tree is undoubtly some species of Mallotus, I don't
think it is Trewia nudiflora. Please check.
T.nudiflora [locally called Petari/ Petani] is a
fairly common tree in and around Bombay.
Sending you some photographs of T.nudiflora for
comparison.
With regards,
Neil Soares.
--- "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Shots taken alongside Hoogly river on 10/3/08 except
> for the leafless tree
> of 30/1/08. I have seen lot of trees in Jayanti,
> Duars, West Bengal along
> the river. See the details at
>
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/ThaiEuph/ThMspecies/ThMallotus.htm#Mallotus_nudiflorus.
> There is not much inf. on net about this tree.
>
> *Trewia* is a plant
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant>
> genus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus>of the
> spurge family (
> Euphorbiaceae
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbiaceae>),
> comprising 2
> species. It is found from the
> Himalaya<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya>to
> Hainan
> Island <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan>. These
> species have hard large
> fruits.
>
> *Trewia* species are used as food plants by the
> larvae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva>of some
> Lepidoptera
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidoptera> species
> including the
> leaf-miner *Bucculatrix verax
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucculatricidae>
> *, which feeds exclusively on *Trewia nudiflora*.
>
> The hard green fruit of *Trewia nudiflora*, which
> fall to the ground in
> large numbers during the monsoon season, are a
> preferred food of the Indian
> rhinoceros
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rhinoceros>.
> The passage of
> its seeds through the rhino gut enhances its
> germination rate.
> The above inf. taken from Wikipedia
> link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trewia
> --
> With regards,
> J.M.Garg
> "We often ignore the beauty around us"
> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/
> join Google e-group
> (Indiantreepix)
> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en
> For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Lanscape pictures
> etc., visit
>
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg
>
>
>
>
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Neil Soares
Even though the flowers in T.nudiflora are
dioecious, the leaves of your tree appear different to
me.
Unfortunately am not able to access the site you
have mentioned.
Regards,
Neil.
