---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: radha veach <[email protected]> Date: 7 April 2013 22:15 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:149071] memecylon umbellatum To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
After years of looking at this species I have come to the conclusion that M umbellatum and M edule are synonymous. The plant has some local and seasonal variations. Fruit colour depends largely on the season of ripening, and length of stalks varies from tree to tree even in a localised area. regards Radha On 07/04/2013, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > this is an email from Dr Santhosh Kumar > *I think it is Memecylon edule not M. umbellatum* > Santhosh > ---------------------------- > some information that I could glean from the net > http://www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79441: > memecylon > and from indiantreepix > There are two ways to confirm the id: > 1. If the inflorescence is more or less sessile (stalkless) and the fruits > are ripening blue (pl check Mathew, 1983), then it is Memecylong > umbellatum. *In M. edule the umbels are long stalked and the fruits are > yellowish.* > 2. When you taste the leaves of M. umbellatum they will be sweet first then > slightly sour. This is due to the presence of good amount of starch in the > leaves. And Dr. Mali observed that the hornbills feed on the leaves > (especially the midrib portion) as they are energetic. The leaves of M. > umbellatum are offered as 'prasadam' (like tulsi in temples) to the > devotees by a saint (Shri Narayana Guru) who lives on the holy hill of > Tiruvannamalai. The local names Kaya, Kayambu, Kayampoo are denoting Lord > Krishna due to the color of flowers. > -- > With regards > R. Vijayasankar > > I was believing that a large poulation what we see in Mahabaleshwar at many > places is *Memecylon umbellatum*. Need to check carefully. > Dr Satish Phadke > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mohina macker <[email protected]> > Date: 10 March 2013 12:47 > Subject: [efloraofindia:149071] memecylon umbellatum > To: [email protected] > > > memecylon umbellatum, mahabaleshwar > first week of march, 2013 > just starting to flower > regards > mohina macker > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2065 members & > 1,47,500 messages on 28/2/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2065 members & 1,47,500 messages on 28/2/13) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 8000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
