Casearia zeylanica

Saw this Glochidion flowering, request species ID, is it Glochidion ellipticum– Bhooma? Thank you.

This does not look like Glochidion ellipticum [G.hohenakeri]. Sending you some of my photographs of Bhoma for comparison [though they are not very clear].

I hope this plant is Glochidion ferdinandi commonly known as ” Cheese Tree”.

Thanks …, not quite convincing, floral buds look different? Shall await further inputs.

… some species of Casearia ?

Looks like Casaeria

Caesaria spp. are of Flacourtiaceae family; would this be?

Thank you … for the possible ID. I looked for Caesaria sp. and once again looked up for Glochidion, could not resolve the ID. Shall await till someone can resolve it !

I think I can safely conclude this to be Casearia ovata (Lamk.) willd- Flacourtiaceae. The pictures and description match very well with Biotik data.

I think it should be Casearia zeylanica as per images and details herein.

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Casearia ovata at Matheran:
After our discussion a couple of weeks ago about Casearia graveolens and Casearia ovata aka C. esculenta I have been hoping to get some pics to send. (I hope … is reading this!)
Casearia ovata is common in the understorey of the evergreen forest on Matheran and these pics were taken today and a few 5 days ago. Some of the trees were flowering and all had new bright green leaves. I didn’t see any fruit. Due to low light and heavy rain it was quite difficult to get good images. Trees have quite a horizontal branching habit and the largest ones are about 20 ft tall. After looking at the flowers and leaves with a magnifying glass I feel this id is correct, but I’m open to correction.
This species does not occur on the lower slopes of the mountain nor out in the open areas – I walked all the way down and had a good look. Lower down we see lots of C. graveolens.

In Dr Almeida’s Flora of Maharashtra he has labelled the evergreen species C. ovata, with a description which matches perfectly.
I can appreciate there may have been a change in the agreed name for this species since the publication of his work.  However to now call C. ovata a synonym of the very different C. graveolens is very confusing, especially as other reputed sources are still using the name C. ovata for the evergreen tree. How can this be explained?  In the field the two trees cannot be confused, although perhaps herbarium specimens might be.

Wonderful. I wish I should have been there with you. Last week when I visited Tala Kaveri and Bhaghamandala were experiencing heavy showers and during intermission the whole place was covered with fog and we could not see 10 ft ahead without light. But we enjoyed the beauty of the place . This reminded me of San Francisco (fog city)
when under heavy fog.
I shall try to visit the place again on a possible sunny day. One clarification : Is it not the place (Bhagamandala) where the rivers Kaveri, Kannike and Sujyothi are branched off and not merge ?

This is not Knema attenuata.
This may be Casearia sp.

For ID…………?Salvadora.
Seen on hills near Bhor Pune. A lot of Memecylon trees (Anjan) were seen nearby.

Probably some Tabernaemontana sp. (Apocynaceae family). I had seen this plant at Phansad WLS. Please confirm.

It is Casearia esculenta locally called Kirmira or Kulkulta.