Seeking flowers of a fig tree..

Botanical Name: Catunaregam spinosa [Rubiaceae - Coffee family] Common Name: Location found: Charkop Sector 8, Kandivali West, Mumbai, Maharashtra This is a small tree. Many times it grows like a shrub. Only in favourable sunny conditions and a good spacious environment, it grows to be a tree like structure. The Tree The Leaves The Flower   The Fruit

Botanical Name: Antidesma ghaesembilla Gaertn. [Phyllanthaceae (Amla family)] Common Name: Black currant tree, Khatoi In hindi Location found: Charkop sector 8, Kandivali West, Mumbai, Maharashtra This is a dioecious tree. The male and female tree are different. Female Tree Female Tree leaves Female Tree flower Female Tree fruit  The Male Tree Male Tree   Male Tree leaves  Male Tree Flower

Botanical Name: Cordia macleodii [Boraginaceae - Heliotrope family]                           Cordia macleodii Hook. fil. & Thoms. Common Name:  Dahivan(दहीवण) in Marathi, Dahman in hindi Location : NDA Road, Pune, Maharashtra This is a small tree but during spring time in March and April, it is worth observing for its beautiful flowers and fruits. The Tree The Flower The Fruit     Alexandrine parakeet eating fruits Alexandrine parakeet eating fruits Great Tit on the tree

Botanical Name : Casearia graveolens [Salicaceae (willow family)] Common Name: Chilla Local Names:  Bhokoda, Mori, Pimpari in Marathi Location spotted: Charkop Sector 8, Kandivali West , Mumbai, Maharashtra  This is normally seen in small shrub form. But as per Pradeep Krishen's book 'Jungle trees of Central India' , this can grow to be a medium size (6-7 meter tall) tree. His book shows two photographs of such beautiful looking tall trees. So far I have seen it in a shrub form. The Tree The Leaves The Flower Flower buds on the twig of the tree Flower buds and a bloomed flower Flowers and a flower bud ready to bloom next day Close-up of flowers Twig with flowers and flower buds Branch of flowers The Fruit The Bark

Tamilnadia uliginosa is a small tree from Rubiaceae family. I have seen this tree since childhood. In my native place there is a medium size tree near the house. In fact this tree was like a childhood friend, as we used to play near it, pluck its flowers and fruits. This is a solitary tree. It stands alone, other phendra trees do not grow near it. In native language it is called 'Pendra'. Its various names still relate to this name : In hindi it is called Katul, Phendra, The fruit is cooked as a vegetable in some parts. But in my native place, nobody used anything from this tree, neither fruits nor flowers were of much use to the villagers. The Tree The Leaves The Flower The Fruit

The common name of this climber is 'Moon flower' or 'Beach Moon Flower'. Ipomoea violacea blooms in the night and fades by morning. I tried to catch its bloom for several days with no luck. It blooms in June, the petals are so delicate that it must be getting damaged by slight touch of pollinators or raindrops and strong winds. To me its a very special flower because I could not still see it blooming in wild. Now I have tried to plant this climber in the balcony garden of my house and will study its phases. This flower is nocturnal, and its pollinators are nocturnal creatures like moths, nocturnal insects and bats. The Climber The Leaves Fully mature leaf The Flower young Flower bud (will mature and bloom in few days)   Faded flower in the morning after blooming in the night. The flower bud the left side is ready to bloom in the night Flower that bloomed in the night, picture captured around 6 am The Fruit and seeds