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Dinesh Valke

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10-Apr-2011, 3:50:58 am10/04/11
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Dear friends,
ID please

A large (tall) tree (not sure: planted OR wild).

Date/Time : April 1, 2011 at 7.13am IST
Location Place : Kodagu Valley Resort, Coorg, Karnataka ... 12.441311, 75.718047 on Google maps
Altitude : 3718 ft (above mean sea level)



Regards.
Dinesh
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shrikant ingalhalikar

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10-Apr-2011, 4:42:25 am10/04/11
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Dineshji, what about the size of flower? If this is about 5 cm, then
this can be Dillenia bracteata, yet a close up of flower would have
confirmed the ID. Regards, Shrikant

On Apr 10, 12:50 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
> ID please
>
> A large (tall) tree (not sure: planted OR wild).
>
> Date/Time : April 1, 2011 at 7.13am IST
> Location Place : Kodagu Valley Resort, Coorg, Karnataka ... 12.441311,
> 75.718047 on Google maps <http://goo.gl/maps/4fIq>
> Altitude : 3718 ft (above mean sea level)
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
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Dinesh Valke

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10-Apr-2011, 5:41:46 am10/04/11
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Shrikant ji. the size of the flower could be about 30 to 35 mm across.
Offering the lame and usual excuse of low light and ... the flowers were at a very great height.

Regards.
Dinesh

Mahadeswara

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10-Apr-2011, 9:06:35 am10/04/11
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For me the tree looks like Gordonia obtusa of Theaceae. This is
commonly seen in konkan and western ghats. Common names - Kannada :
Mallangana mara, OlaKannada: Nagatta; Malayalam: Atangi, Karikkova,
Kattukarana. I think the bark is used for catching fishes . I am
sending the photographs taken by me in western ghats in a separate
mail as there is no option to attach photos to this mail.


On Apr 10, 12:50 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
> ID please
>
> A large (tall) tree (not sure: planted OR wild).
>
> Date/Time : April 1, 2011 at 7.13am IST
> Location Place : Kodagu Valley Resort, Coorg, Karnataka ... 12.441311,
> 75.718047 on Google maps <http://goo.gl/maps/4fIq>
> Altitude : 3718 ft (above mean sea level)
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
>

Dinesh Valke

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10-Apr-2011, 9:24:44 am10/04/11
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Many thanks Mahadeswara ji for the ID as Gordonia obtusa

Compared my plant with illustrations at Biotik ... http://www.biotik.org/india/species/g/gordobtu/gordobtu_en.html
and the photos you provided in a separate post at https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/XkRl6IaDCb8/discussion


Regards.
Dinesh

Dinesh Valke

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12-Apr-2011, 6:00:31 am12/04/11
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... endemic to southern and central Western Ghats ... commonly known as: blunt-leaved gordonia • Kannada: ಮಲ್ಲಂಗ mallanga • Malayalam: കാട്ടുകരണ kaattukarana, കരിക്കോവ karikkoova • Tamil: அதாங்கி atanki
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