Re: Fwd: PLANT ID.

[Neil Soares]

Hi Geeta,   It is Carallia brachiata locally called Phansada. It is the food plant of a Day-flying Moth.                          Regards,                            Neil. --- On Tue, 7/14/09, geeta arun <geeta...@gmail.com> wrote: From: geeta arun <geeta...@gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: PLANT ID. To: "Neil Soares" <drneil...@yahoo.com> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 11:18 PM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: geeta arun <geeta...@gmail.com> Date: Jul 14, 2009 2:35 PM Subject: PLANT ID. To: indian...@googlegroups.com Requesting for ID of a tree from Matheran--Maharashtra. Regards, Geeta Samant.  Mumbai.

[Shekhar Marathe]

yes it is Carallia bracheata fam: Rhizophoraceae. The lone member of the family which is not a mangroove species.

[Swagat]

Dear all,

 

'Carallia brachiata' syn. 'C. integerrima' is called 'Phanashi' 'फणशी' or 'Phanasi' 'फणसी' in Marathi.

 

Regards,

 

~Swagat

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2009/7/16 Shekhar Marathe <cshekhar...@gmail.com>

yes it is Carallia bracheata fam: Rhizophoraceae. The lone member of the family which is not a mangroove species.

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[geeta arun]

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From: geeta arun <geeta...@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 16, 2009 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: PLANT ID.
To: Neil Soares <drneil...@yahoo.com>

Thanks Neil, Stephen, Swagat & Shekar.

Geeta