399 ID wild tree Quassia

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 16, 2022, 12:43:36 AM12/16/22
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Please ID wild tree.  Blooming only in night, afterwards petals started to fallen around 03am, so very hard and needed several visits to get a clear picture with full petals.  With regards, Sam.

Location: near Chathamattom, Ernakulam Dist., Kerala

Altitude: 1000fsl

Flower date: 09NOV2022, 08pm

Habitat: wild moisture

Plant habit: tree, erect branches, branchlets, hard woody stem 25 inches base circumference, brownish rough bark

Height: 07 meters

Leaves: alternate, ovate, oblong, acute, soft glossy, purplish very young, size upto:30×7cm

Flower: lengthy pendulous peduncle umbel racemose, clustered, 04 petals, diameter:03.5mm, white, good fragrance (night blooming afterwards petals sheds before 03am)

Fruit: drupe ovoid, center raised, winged one side, greenish purple into brown, size:05x3×2cm, not edible

Seed: brown, single, pea shaped, size:03×1cm

Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 16, 2022, 12:47:45 AM12/16/22
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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 16, 2022, 12:50:20 AM12/16/22
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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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N Arun Kumar

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Dec 16, 2022, 1:15:30 AM12/16/22
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Wonderful images sir, it must be Samadera indica Gaertn. Synonym - Quassia indica (Gaertn.) Noot.) of Simaroubaceae.

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Mahadeswara

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Dec 16, 2022, 6:42:49 AM12/16/22
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Wonderful posting.
I concur with the  ID by Arun ji.

J.M. Garg

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Dec 19, 2022, 4:42:55 AM12/19/22
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Yes, appears close as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/05/21/quassia-indica/

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Dec 19, 2022, 7:42:45 AM12/19/22
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Great, thanks dear Arun ji for ID my plant.
Great thanks dear Garg ji for providing me the ID link.
With kind regards, Sam.
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