Please Identify this tall, dark & handsome tree from Aarey Colony

[Vinayak Kulkarni]

Kindly identify this tree. 

Date/Time-        15/05/2011       03:00PM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-     Aarey Milk colony, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Altitude :Sea level
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-:  Wild
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-  : Huge tree
Height/Length- 30Mtrs approx
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-  as seen in picture
Inflorescence Type/ Size- not seen

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- not seen

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen

Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-

[rajdeo singh]

Hello,

Its Swietenia macrophylla King from family Meliaceae.

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Rajdeo Singh
Project fellow
St. Xavier's College,
Mumbai

[Mahadeswara]

Swietenia species.

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[H S]

Wat difference you can make out from this foto between S. mahogany and S. macrophylla..

 - H.S.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone

[Gurcharan Singh]

A little that I know about this genus from a few specimens in Delhi, S. macrophylla has dark green glossy leaflets, usually 8-12 in number, lanceolate, long-acuminate, leaves are 15-35 cm long. In S. mahogany they are lighter green, 4-10 in number, ovate-lanceolate, leaves 10-20 cm long.

Looking at mostly 6-8 leaflets seen here, their shape and colour, I would like to go with S. mahogany.

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[H S]

I will also go with S. mahogany


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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“Its Swietenia macrophylla King from family Meliaceae.

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Rajdeo Singh”

 

“A little that I know about this genus from a few specimens in Delhi, S. macrophylla has dark green glossy leaflets, usually 8-12 in number, lanceolate, long-acuminate, leaves are 15-35 cm long. In S. mahogany they are lighter green, 4-10 in number, ovate-lanceolate, leaves 10-20 cm long.

Looking at mostly 6-8 leaflets seen here, their shape and colour, I would like to go with S. mahogany.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh”

 

“I will also go with S. mahogany” from Alfred ji.

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[Satish N. Pardeshi]

Hello all

yes it is Its Swietenia macrophylla King the leaflets being larger than that of S. mohagany. both these trees can be observed near Univeristy of Mumbai Churchgate. S.  macrophylla is near Institute of Science opposite Eros circle, where as S. mohagany is just opposite to Session Court.

regards

 Satish Pardeshi

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Sourav Mahmud <nature...@gmail.com> wrote:

Looks like a plant of Meliaceae

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Satish Pardeshi
Plant Taxonomist  

Mumbai, Pune