ID help please

[Paddy]

Hi,
This tree is right in front of my house. I want to know whether it is a Cerbera. It resembles a mango tree and people regularly mistake it for one.
It hasn't flowered yet.
If it is Cerbera, isn't it too poisonous to be planted on road-sides?

Thanks for the help,
Kailash

[Neil Soares]

Hi Kailash,      The leaves are not opposite. It could be the South Indian Mahua Tree [Madhuca longifolia].                   With regards,                     Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 11/26/08, Paddy <pras...@gmail.com> wrote:

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Neil ji for the feedback.

Madhuca longifolia from Indiantreepix Database:

Madhuca longifolia (syn. Bassia longifolia, B. latifolia, M. indica, M. latifolia, Illipe latifolia, I. malabrorum)

Sapotaceae

Honey tree, Butter tree, Madhuca, moha, mohua, madhuca, illuppai, kuligam, madurgam, mavagam, nattiluppai, tittinam, mahwa, mahua, mowa, moa, mowrah

Flowering since last two weeks- Distt Umariya, M.P. India- 8/4/08.

Trees of Delhi- Flowers throughmost of April.

Madhuca longifolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

butea superba and monosperma flowers - indiantreepix | Google Groups

Madhuka indica & Madhuka longifolia - indiantreepix | Google Groups

Madhuka longifolia

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[Paddy]

Thanks for the ID! Relieved and happy to know that it is a Mahwa tree.

Regards,
- Kailash

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Neil Soares <drneil...@yahoo.com> wrote: