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asmita divekar

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Oct 4, 2010, 4:30:38 AM10/4/10

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help me identify this tree

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Ar.Asmita Divekar.

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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 4, 2010, 6:17:17 AM10/4/10

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... species of Lagerstroemia ... not able to gauge size of the fruit ... if it is about the size of peanut ... then the reflexed calyx lobes (spreading away from the fruit) seen in your photograph suggests L. microcarpa (L. lanceolata) ... please wait for comment(s).

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shrikant ingalhalikar

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Oct 4, 2010, 6:26:21 AM10/4/10

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This seems to be an urban tree of Lagerstroemia reginae or Tamhan. Pls
provide info in the prescribed format to help quick ID. Regards,
Shrikant

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promila chaturvedi

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Oct 4, 2010, 8:19:14 AM10/4/10

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It seems to be L.flos-reginae. Let the expert study the character

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Promila

Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 25, 2010, 1:18:14 PM10/25/10

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Resurfacing again for ID

Earlier feedback

Shrikant ji....................................his seems to be an urban tree of Lagerstroemia reginae or Tamhan. Pls

provide info in the prescribed format to help quick ID. Regards,

Promila ji......................................It seems to be L.flos-reginae. Let the expert study the character

Lagerstroemia reginae is now correctly known as L. hirsuta (according to GRIN as well as Hortus Third)

L. flos-reginae is now correctly known as L. speciosa

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The leaves are oblong in L. hirsuta and elliptic-oblong and more pointed in L. speciosa. Also the veins are more prominent in latter.

To me it looks like L. hirsuta

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Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 25, 2010, 1:57:03 PM10/25/10

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Could find this jpeg from Plants of Coromandel. Now please comment
what species is yours. I find my image to be different from the one
shared in the thread.

For the information of those whom I sent the dvd, this reference is
there in it. Please check.

Roxburgh's paintings had a drawback. He had this bad habit of giving a
symmetric look to all the plants. They usually didnt look the way they
look in natural live condition. But no doubts his paintings were
masterpieces for botany. I have this privilege of seeing some of his
original paintings which cant be replicated in another 10000 years!!!

Pankaj

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Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
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Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
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Mahadeswara Swamy

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Oct 25, 2010, 11:56:46 PM10/25/10

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The photograph alone will be misleading often. Always one should check the taxonomic characters from the flora/ published data to ascertain the proper botanical name. Websites may provide an indication of the specie's name and may not be authentic, as it happens some times.

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Mahadeswara Swamy

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Oct 26, 2010, 12:00:49 AM10/26/10

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Please check the characters of the tree in Trees of Delhi. The differentiation has been given very clearly for Lagerstroemia . Photographs are often misleading.

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