FOR ID :: Dicots :: The Nilgiris :: Jan 28, 2026 · 9:50 AM IST: 4 images.
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Dicots
Dicots
The Nilgiris :: Jan 28, 2026 · 9:50 AM IST
along Ooty – Kotagiri Highway, about 2187 m asl
along Ooty – Kotagiri Highway, about 2187 m asl
… has suggested Hymenodictyon orixense at iNaturalist.
“Hymenodictyon orixense
This is just my guess.
I referred Shrikant Ingalhalikar’s Leaf-based Identification for Trees of Sahyadri.
In the Western Ghats I have seen the emerging foliage to be reddish, however here it shows green. I think it could be depending on the local climate and environment in the Nilgiris.
Please validate the ID.”