"Rosaceae Week: 03102011MR1 ?wild cherry tree from Pune for ID"
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Madhuri Raut
Oct 3, 2011, 11:50:37 AM10/3/11
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Request for identification
I think this belongs to Rosaceae family.Please validate
Date/Time- Oct 2011
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Garden
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree
Height/Length- about 1 floor of a building
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-Green
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- not seen
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- green and red cherries were seen but it was too high for me to photograph. Luckily there was a lone cherry on the ground to photograph
Regards
Bhagyashri
Ushadi micromini
Oct 7, 2011, 1:17:28 AM10/7/11
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Madhuri:
The leaves of your tree remind me of something we saw this summer here
at eflora...
Most likely a singapore cherry...
a misnomer, since its native to central america like countries of
Panama or even mexico...
cant remember...
botanical name :*Muntingia calabura
Arijit Banerji showed it flowers in June this year from Kolkata:
http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/4adfa880f97c1a73/6419baf06c3b09ec?lnk=gst&q=singapore+cherry+2011#6419baf06c3b09ec
Wikipedia has many pics by our own gargji: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntingia
Grows all over India in disturbed lands and sometimes becomes big
trunked tree...
I have only seen thin young trunks...
Lets see what the experts say...
Usha di
ps if you had even one flower pic , it would have been diagnostic...
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The leaves of your tree remind me of something we saw this summer here
at eflora...
Most likely a singapore cherry...
a misnomer, since its native to central america like countries of
Panama or even mexico...
cant remember...
botanical name :*Muntingia calabura
Arijit Banerji showed it flowers in June this year from Kolkata:
http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/4adfa880f97c1a73/6419baf06c3b09ec?lnk=gst&q=singapore+cherry+2011#6419baf06c3b09ec
Wikipedia has many pics by our own gargji: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntingia
Grows all over India in disturbed lands and sometimes becomes big
trunked tree...
I have only seen thin young trunks...
Lets see what the experts say...
Usha di
ps if you had even one flower pic , it would have been diagnostic...
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Madhuri Raut
Oct 7, 2011, 3:45:26 AM10/7/11
to Ushadi micromini, efloraofindia
Thank you Ushadi.
Regards
Bhagyashri
Giby Kuriakose
Oct 7, 2011, 3:49:11 AM10/7/11
to Madhuri Raut, efloraofindia
Yes I too think this is Muntingia calabura of Muntingiaceae family.
Birds love the fruits and hence it is called "Bird Cherry" as well.
Regards,
Giby
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GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE),
Royal Enclave,
Jakkur Post, Srirampura
Bangalore- 560064
India
Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile)
visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
Madhuri Raut
Oct 7, 2011, 3:53:47 AM10/7/11
to Giby Kuriakose, efloraofindia
Thank you Gibyji.I liked the name Bird cherry
Regards
Bhagyashri
Bhagyashri
Feb 16, 2012, 11:21:38 AM2/16/12
to Giby Kuriakose, efloraofindia
Muntingia calabura too as per another thread
http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/86fbf310ec0805d2/d80bc2efdf931a8c?lnk=gst&q=wild+cherry#d80bc2efdf931a8c Regards
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