700 ID conservated tree

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Please ID conservated tree, kind regards, Sam.

Location: Ooty Botanical Garden The Nilgiris Tamil Nadu INDIA

Altitude: 7300fsl

Flower date: 01APR2025, 04.35pm

Habitat: conservated moisture sloppy misty highland

Plant habit: large erect branched canopied tree, hard woody cylindrical trunk 45mm base circumference, rough brownish flaky bark, greenish purple sprout

Height: 09 meter

Leaves: opposite digitate, leaflets upto 09 nos., elliptical acute leathery smooth glossy serrated margins, size upto: 20×7cm

Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, clustered, whitish, fragrant diameter:03.5cm

Fruit: drupe green into brown ovoid size:03x2cm

Seed:

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Saroj Kasaju

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Aesculus chinensis Bunge ??

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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Aug 31, 2025, 9:28:14 AMAug 31

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Dear Saroj ji,

Thank you very much for ID my plant. But the same tree was identified by Santhan ji as Aesculus indica, please check the attached screenshot. So should I consider this to be A. indica?

A correction: 45 inch trunk base circumference.

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Saroj Kasaju

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Aug 31, 2025, 9:50:58 AMAug 31

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Maybe. Check leaf structure.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Aug 31, 2025, 10:33:35 AMAug 31

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Only one tree growing there, and it is the same tree dear Saroj ji.

With kind regards, Sam.

Saroj Kasaju

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Aug 31, 2025, 10:34:37 AMAug 31

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Which one?

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Aug 31, 2025, 10:38:45 AMAug 31

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The tree that Santhan ji posted https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/NFyk9Ow_plM

Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Sep 3, 2025, 12:24:54 AMSep 3

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Dear Saroj ji,

Yes, it is Aesculus chinensis, thank you very much for ID my tree.

With kind regards, Sam.

Saroj Kasaju

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Sep 3, 2025, 8:23:51 AMSep 3

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OK Sam.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

J.M. Garg

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Sep 10, 2025, 6:19:13 AM (7 days ago) Sep 10

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I think it matches well with
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/aesculus-indica/
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60450399-2#children

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Sam Kuzhalanattu

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Sep 11, 2025, 3:56:23 AM (7 days ago) Sep 11

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Thank you very much dear Garg ji for the identification of my tree.

Kind regards, Sam.

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