One Tree/One Creeper

sanal nair

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Oct 25, 2009, 12:02:14 AM10/25/09

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Please find attached one Tree- the first and the second photo are of
the same tree and accordingly the third and fourth are of the same
creeper. Shot in SGNP, Mumbai.
The first one is possibly Sterculia gutata.
Regards,

Sanal Nair

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IMG_1381.JPG

IMG_1382.JPG

Tabish

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Oct 25, 2009, 12:30:54 AM10/25/09

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First one looks like Buddha's Coconut (Pterygota alata, syn: Sterculia
alata)
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Buddha%20Coconut.html
http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK3498R6817951819V3&identifier=0227
- Tabish

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sanal nair

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Oct 25, 2009, 12:44:30 AM10/25/09

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Hi tabish,
It is not Pterygota alata for sure.
Regards,

Sanal nair

Satish Phadke

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Oct 25, 2009, 6:59:01 AM10/25/09

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The fruits in IMG 1444 appear to be those of Sterculia foetida. Will have to check for the palmately compound leaves of the tree.
The climber may be of Passiflora or ivy gourd.
Satish Phadke

2009/10/25 sanal nair <sanalna...@gmail.com>

Neil Soares

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Oct 25, 2009, 1:33:21 PM10/25/09

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Hi Sanal,

It is Sterculia guttata locally called Kukhar or Goldhar and the climber looks like the Great Fringed-flower Vine [Trichosanthes tricuspidata].

Regards,

Neil.

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JM Garg

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Mar 22, 2020, 7:07:09 AM3/22/20

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Last image is of Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Voigt as per Revision of the Trichosanthes tricuspidata – bracteata complex (Cucurbitaceae) in India- Savita Pandey, T.S. Rana and K.N. Nair- Rheedea Vol. 26 (2) 83-93 2016

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