ID request-02022011-PKA3

[Prashant awale]

Dear Friends,

I had seen this climbing shrub with Globuse fruit having prominent spike in the   forest near Yana - Vibhuti water falls.

Date/Time: 20-01-2011 / 01:15PM
Location: On the way to Yana Rock temple from Vibhuti falls.
Habitat: Wild

regards
Prashant

[Gurcharan Singh]

Resurfacing again for ID

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[Vijayasankar]

Its strange and interesting. It could be even a gall. I haven't seen this so I am not sure.

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Prashant awale]

Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for resurfacing this for discussion. Vijayasankar ji is right. I discussed this with Dr Jayakara Bhandary (Associate Professor of Botany, Government Science College,Karwar) and here is his response..

Those spinous fruit-like structures are insect galls, commonly seen on stems of Hopea spp. If you disect them, you may find larvae inside.

In fact i almost took it for granted that these are some fruits. Its something totally new to me.

regards
Prashant

[Satish Phadke]

Surprised to know that it is a gall. It looks just like fruit!

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as Hopea species

Group discussion at

ID request-02022011-PKA3 (google.com)

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as Hopea species

Group discussion at

ID request-02022011-PKA3 (google.com)

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