I remember the song – Lemon Tree – by Trini Lopez ( a song of my time) – that goes –
Lemon Tree very pretty,
and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat…
I remember the song – Lemon Tree – by Trini Lopez ( a song of my time) – that goes –
Lemon Tree very pretty,
and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat…
Common name: Chikoo, Sapodilla plum, Chico sapote, Noseberry
Chikoo is a fairly slow-growing, long-lived tree, upright and elegant, distinctly pyramidal when young. It grows up to to 18 m high in the open but reaching 30 m when crowded in a forest. It is strong and wind-resistant, rich in white, gummy latex. Flowers are small and bell-like, with 3 brown-hairy outer sepals and 3 inner sepals enclosing the pale-green corolla and 6 stamens. They are borne on slender stalks at the leaf bases. The fruit may be nearly round, oblate, oval, ellipsoidal, or conical
Botanical name: Manilkara zapota Family: Sapotaceae (Mahua family)
Picture taken by Sa at Bangalore
(info-Flowers of India )