Re: [indiantreepix:14718] Tree for ID-190709-RK-The Real Cerbera Manghas

[ranjini kamath]

Hello Folks Have got pics of Cerbera manghas taken in Lalbagh.The
twinned Fruits pics i have posted are probably those of C.odollum.Will
confirm as soon as possible after checking with an expert in Lalbagh.
Regards
Ranjini Kamath

On 8/26/09, Barry Stock <barry...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is a Tabernaemontana with twinned globular fruit, from Thailand,
> Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah, West-,
> Central- and East-Kalimantan) and the Philippines:
>
> http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/sungaiwain/Apocynaceae/Tabernaemontana_macrocarpa.htm
>
> Unfortunately the fruits are red!
>
> However, I would imagine the tree in question is a Tabernaemontana spp.
>
> -bs
>
>
> On Aug 19, 2009, at 1:23 AM, J.M. Garg wrote:
>
>> Forwarding again for Id assistance pl.
>> Earlier feedbacks:
>> "Hello Dinesh Ji
>> you are very close to the I. D. it is certainly some Cerbera but not
>> C. manghas. i checked out with C. odollum but it is not matching with
>> it. but certainly very close to cerbera( the fruit and the calyx are
>> very indicative).
>> regards
>> Satish Pardeshi"
>> "Hello friends,
>> Just a wild guess, Could this be "Tabernaemontana elegans"??
>> best wishes
>> Prashant."
>>
>> "I had guessed Cerbera as well, but I could not find a match for the
>> flowers or foliage. It appears that the twinned fruit is not always a
>> feature of Cerberas spp.
>> A new species? Is that possible in long-inhabited India?
>> -bs"
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: ranjini kamath <ranj...@gmail.com>
>> Date: 2009/7/19
>> Subject: [indiantreepix:14718] Tree for ID-190709-RK
>> To: indiatreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
>>
>>
>> Request ID of this v..tall tree - Lalbagh-12-07-09.
>> Thank you.
>> Ranjini Kamath
>>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> <Lalbagh-Aug '09 038-ph.jpg><Lalbagh-Aug '09 032-ph.jpg><Lalbagh-Aug
>> '09 041-ph-1.jpg>
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