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Koeberlinia spinosa var. wivaggii

Seeds have a "ruminate albumen". This character helps in identification of the species.

Fallen fruits in the rainy season turned the water black

A giant tree standing at the top of a rocky watercourse

Tephrosia uniflora ssp. petrosa Blatt & Hall

Syn. Pimpinella multiradiata Santapau
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846830-1#synonyms

Male flowers on the forest floor

Gigantic buttressed emergent tree, with large butterfly like winged fruit. Terminalia bialata or White Chuglam according to Parkinson flora.

A young tree with unusual leaf margins.

Many thanks to Shrikant Ingalhalikar for the ID - Luisia evangelinae Blatt. & McCann
Some consider it to be distinct from Luisia tenuifolia Blume

Fruits are peeled and sold on the beach

The second to last pairs of new leaves were joined at the tip protecting the newest emerging leaves.

Under a fruiting tree in monsoon. My guess is the blue pieces have been discarded by bats after they have sucked the juice.

Seeds were germinating on the parent plant

Many thanks to Shrikant Ingalhalikar for the ID.

A mixed flock male spot=winged rosefinches along with male and female Pink-browed rosefinches seen foraging together

A white/cream coloured form