Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae) :: Hymenaea verrucosa at VJBU

[Dinesh Valke]

Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn.

• hy-men-NEE-uh -- named for Hymen, the god of marriage in Greek mythology; referring to the twin leaflets
  ver-oo-KO-suh -- wart-like

Many thanks to Shrikant ji for the ID

Feb 9, 2011 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai

commonly known as: amber tree, East African copal, gum copal, Madagascar copal, Zanzibar copal

Native to: East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius; cultivated elsewhere


more views:

• Feb 9, 2011 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai
  

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

Again new plant for me Thanks Dinesh Ji

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[H S]

yes this unique tree is present in Victoria garden, just near the entrance on right hand side,, this tree flowers but do not produces seeds..

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[Dinesh Valke]

But HS, one of my photos in the above post does show fruits, thus implying seeds.
Am I mistaking ?

Regards.
Dinesh

[H S]

yes they are seeds, i apologies... i never seen on the tree, neither under the tree fallen ones..

[Ushadi micromini]

New...
so what do the flowers look like?

and what is th eseason for it to flower?

Usha di
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On Dec 7, 3:42 pm, H S <hemsan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> yes they are seeds, i apologies... i never seen on the tree, neither under
> the tree fallen ones..
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> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > But HS, one of my photos in the above post does show fruits, thus implying
> > seeds.
> > Am I mistaking ?
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> > Regards.
> > Dinesh
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> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 3:31 PM, H S <hemsan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> yes this unique tree is present in Victoria garden, just near the
> >> entrance on right hand side,, this tree flowers but do not produces seeds..
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> >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Balkar Singh <balkara...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> >>> Again new plant for me Thanks Dinesh Ji
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> >>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> >>>> *Hymenaea verrucosa * Gaertn.
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> >>>>    - *hy-men-NEE-uh* -- named for Hymen, the god of marriage in Greek

> >>>>    mythology; referring to the twin leaflets

> >>>>    *ver-oo-KO-suh* -- wart-like

>
> >>>> Many thanks to Shrikant ji for the ID
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> >>>> [image: Hymenaea verrucosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>

> >>>>  Feb 9, 2011 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai
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> >>>> *commonly known as*: amber tree, East African copal, gum copal,
> >>>> Madagascar copal, Zanzibar copal
>
> >>>> *Native to*: East Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius;
> >>>> cultivated elsewhere
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> >>>> *more views*:
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> >>>>    - Feb 9, 2011 ... at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai
> >>>>    [image: Hymenaea verrucosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> [image:
> >>>>    Hymenaea verrucosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> [image:
> >>>>    Hymenaea verrucosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>

[Dinesh Valke]

Flowers: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/conspectus/images/622_093l.jpg
Flowering season: Sep-Nov ... http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012163

Regards.
Dinesh

[ushadi Micromini]

Gee..wiz... wonderful...pic from MOBOT site...
I wonder if any body has planted it in Kolk bot g?
 never seen it

Thanks, Dinesh.. that was very prompt..
USha di
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[Prashant Awale]

Thanks Dinesh for sharing this. New one to me. Any info about its flowering time..
Regards
Prashant

[Satish Phadke]

Dinesh ji Thanks for sharing . I am sure one day you will come up with flowers too.

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Dr Satish Phadke